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Cuban oil depot burns after lightning strike

  • Writer: rachelgreenrachelg
    rachelgreenrachelg
  • Aug 8, 2022
  • 1 min read

A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage depot is raging uncontrolled in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames have injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing.


The Cuban authorities said an unidentified body was found late on Saturday.


THE AMERICAS, NORTH AMERICA, CUBA, OIL INDUSTRY

Firefighters and other specialists were still trying to quell the blaze at the supertanker base in Matanzas, where the fire began during a thunderstorm on Friday night, the Ministry of Energy and Mines said.


READ MORE : https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/the-americas/2022/08/07/cuban-oil-depot-burns-after-lightning-strike/

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