{"id":7052,"date":"2022-08-06T22:41:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T22:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=7052"},"modified":"2022-08-09T08:33:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T08:33:03","slug":"fire-of-great-magnitude-in-the-industrial-zone-of-matanzas-pictures-and-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/fire-of-great-magnitude-in-the-industrial-zone-of-matanzas-pictures-and-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire of great magnitude in the industrial zone of Matanzas (+ Pictures and Video)\ufffc\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Around 7:00 p.m. this Friday, due to a storm, lightning struck crude storage tank 52 at the Matanzas Supertanker Base, causing a fire<\/strong> , the Ministry of Energy and Mines reported on its Twitter account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On its Facebook page, TV Yumuri specified that no injuries or loss of human life have been reported,<\/strong> and that the provincial authorities are at the scene of the incident, where firefighters and workers from the Cupet territorial division are working to put out the flames. .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAuthorities, fire department, Minint and the FAR are on the spot. Confidence that the situation will be controlled, \u201dsaid the first secretary of the Party in the province, Susely Morfa Gonz\u00e1lez, on her Twitter account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a report from the ACN, the national crude tank affected by the electrical discharge was at 50% of its filling capacity, which is 50,000 cubic meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The supertanker base \u2013 which has eight tanks \u2013 has a lightning rod system, but apparently the discharge was higher than what it could protect, explained Rigel Rodr\u00edguez Cubells, director of the Territorial Division of Marketing of Fuels Matanzas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firefighters from Mayabeque and Havana support the efforts to control the fire. A regular flow of water is guaranteed with means from the province, said the governor of Matanzas, Mario Sabines Lorenzo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist Eliane T\u00e1boas reported from the scene that the discharge caused the lid of the tank to shoot several meters away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A column of smoke is still visible in the city of Matanzas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D\u00edaz-Canel: We are closely following the confrontation with the fire in the industrial zone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel Berm\u00fadez reported that the government is closely following the fight against the fire in the industrial zone of the western province and that they trust the authorities of the territory, “the brave firefighters and the workers of Cupet.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When speaking with the first secretary of the Party in Matanzas, Susely Morfa Gonz\u00e1lez , the president wrote on his Twitter account and assured that “we will get ahead.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Al habla con la primera secretaria del @PartidoPCC<\/a> en #Matanzas<\/a>, @SuselyMorfaG<\/a>, seguimos de cerca enfrentamiento al incendio en la Zona Industrial. Confiamos en las autoridades de la provincia, los bravos bomberos y los trabajadores de CUPET. Saldremos adelante. #FuerzaCuba<\/a><\/p>— Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel Berm\u00fadez (@DiazCanelB) August 6, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>