Lightning struck a crude oil storage tank in the city of Matanzas, causing a fire that led to four explosions which injured more than 40 people, Cuban authorities said Saturday.
At least 77 people are injured and 17 others are missing after fire erupted at a fuel supertanker base in Cuba Friday, according to a Facebook post by the Provincial Government of Popular Power in Matanzas.
HAVANA — A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled Saturday in the city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured nearly 80 people and left 17 firefighters missing, Cuban authorities said.
A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled Saturday in the city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured nearly 80 people and left 17 firefighters missing, Cuban authorities said.
Cuban authorities say a fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility is raging uncontrolled in the city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing.
Cuban authorities say a fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility is raging uncontrolled in the city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing.
Cuban authorities are searching for 17 firefighters who are missing after explosions and a huge fire at an oil depot in the northern city of Matanzas. One person was found dead and more than 100 people have been injured.
A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing.…
A fire at a Cuban oil storage facility killed one person, injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing. About 800 people were evacuated from the closest neighborhood.
HAVANA -- A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled Saturday in the city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames left one dead, injured nearly 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing, Cuban authorities said.
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