Cuba: an oil depot explodes, at least one dead

2022-08-08T08:25:25.949Z

Cuba has received offers of assistance from many countries after seeking help in coping with a giant oil depot fire struck by lightning. (HANDLE)

08 August, 10:11

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Cuba: an oil depot explodes, at least one dead

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(ANSA) - MATANZAS, 06 AUGUST - Cuba has received offers of assistance from many countries after having asked for help to cope with a huge fire in an oil depot struck by lightning.

At least one person was killed;

another 121 were injured, according to the latest toll, and 17 are missing.

About 1,900 people were evacuated from the disaster area, located in the suburb of Mantanzas, a town of 140,000 inhabitants 100 kilometers east of Havana, from where a huge plume of black smoke was visible, obscuring the sky.

"Uncorpo was found at the crash site," Matanzas medical director Luis Armando Wong said in a press conference.

Five injured are in critical condition, three in very serious condition and 28 seriously injured, according to a latest report released on the presidency's Twitter account.

Among the wounded, also the ;; Minister of Energy LivanArronte.

The 17 missing people are firefighters "who were in the area closest to the fire" when the explosion occurred.

(HANDLE).

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