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Ministry of Health (MINSAP) Cuba announced this Sunday one dead and 122 people injured in a massive fire that is still active, in fuel tank base from the city of Matanzas (west).
also reported 17 missing due to a fire started last Friday by an electrical discharge that affected two tanks of 50,000 cubic meters storage of crude oil in this industrial.
Director of Health in Matanzas, Louis Wong Corralestold a press conference today that the body found in the area on Saturday belongs to fire brigade member who participated in the extinction work.
The deceased, one of the missing persons, was identified as Juan Carlos Santana Garrido60 years old, served in the fire department of the south-central province of Cienfuegos.
The director of the MinSAP explained that they were already discharged for health reasons 98 wounded, and 24 people are still hospitalized in various medical care centers. In addition, he stated that in the hospital Faustino Perez, chief in Matanzas, six wounded remain in hospitals, one of them in critical condition.
The rest of the victims were hospitalized. five hospitals from Havana.
In the study
The specialist said investigations are currently underway by the Ministries of Health and Science, Technology and Environment (Citma). identify exposure and potential contamination which could cause an accident.
“We are watching, and there is no growth. pathology associated with respiratory diseases or changes in the composition of the guards (health centers), which indicates a negative impact on public health, ”added Santana Garrido.
A fire in two of the eight fuel tanks that make up the supertanker base at Matanzas caused a fire. a huge plume of smoke rising to high levels of the atmosphere and does not yet pose a danger to the population, Citma experts say.
Teams of firefighters, specialists and medical workers continue to work on extinguishing and escorting tasks in the area of the incident, from which About 4,000 people have been evacuated. residents of nearby communities, according to state television.
The task of fighting the industrial fire, the largest of its kind recorded on the island, is focused on the evacuation of diesel fuel from the third tanker using tank trucks, with a coaster involved in this task.
lightning strike
The fire started around 19:00 local time (2300 GMT) on Friday, according to the first hypothesis, when lightning struck the base of the fuel deposits and exceeded the capacity of the lightning protection system.
On the same day, the first deposit exploded. 25,000 cubic meters of oiland around 7:00 local time (11:00 GMT) on Saturday, a second one caught fire with an undetermined amount of fuel.
The flames rose several tens of meters, painting the sky of nearby Matanzas red, and the smoke spread to neighboring provinces. Mayabeke D Havana, the latter is located more than 100 km to the west. (EFE)
Source: RPP
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