Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Major fire spreads at Cuban fuel storage facility hit by lightning

HAVANA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - A second fuel storage tank near Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas exploded on Saturday morning following a blaze that burned through the night after lightning hit another tank on Friday evening.

Cuban state-run television said at least 67 people were injured in the second blast and 17 firefighters were unaccounted for. Civilians had already been evacuated from the area.

Health minister José Angel Portal Miranda said in a Twitter post that of those injured, three were in critical condition, three very grave and another 12 were in a "grave . . .

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