Fire spreads at Cuba oil storage facility as fourth tank erupts

The blaze in Matanzas province raises fears that the damaged facility will worsen the island’s energy shortage

Flames have engulfed a fourth tank at an oil storage facility in western Cuba as a raging fire consumes critical fuel supplies on an island grappling with a growing energy crisis.

Firefighters and specialists from Mexico and Venezuela helped fight the blaze in the province of Matanzas with boats, planes and helicopters as they sprayed foam on the containers, a first for crews since broiling temperatures had prevented them from doing so earlier.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/09/cuba-matanzas-oil-depot-fire-energy-shortage

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