Fire at Oil Facility

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The fire, which started at a large oil storage facility, threatened to push the island further into an energy crisis.

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Around dawn, flames spread to a third tank that firefighters had been trying to cool down as they fight the huge fire...

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“I am very worried about the children, the elderly, the economy of Matanzas, and the country,” said Dailyn de la Caridad...

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Since lightning hit one of the facility’s eight tanks on Friday night, at least one person has died, 125 have been hurt...

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“The risk we had announced happened, and the blaze of the second tank compromised the third one,” said Matanzas Gov. Mario Sabines.

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Alexander valos, Lt. Col. Chief of Cuba’s fire department, told Televisión Cubana that four tanks had been broken into by Monday night.

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Firefighters had sprayed water on the remaining tanks over the weekend to cool them but failed to stop the fire from spreading.

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