Cuban Fire Station: The fire situation at the oil storage base improves but the risk is still exists

Alexander Avaro, an official of the Cuban Fire Department, said on the 9th that the fire extinguishing work of a fire storage base in Matinas made a progress on the day of fire extinguishing for many days, but the fire has not been fully controlled, and there is still a new fire risk.

There are 8 oil storage tanks in the oil storage base of the Marthaas Port Industrial Zone in Matinas Province, one of which was fire after a lightning hit in the evening of the 5th. explode. It is understood that the four fire storage tanks are about 50 meters.

On August 7, the oil storage tank at the fire scene of Bamatanas Province continued to burn and smoke. A fire broke out after a lightning attack on the evening of the 5th in the evening of the 5th of the Paradamas, causing hundreds of people to be injured and at least one death. Xinhua News Agency

Avaro said at a press conference held on the day that the four fire storage tanks have all collapsed, and fuel storage tanks and nearby areas still have fuel burning, but the remaining oil storage tanks and generator crews in the oil storage base have not yet been not yet. Affected by fire. Firefighters mainly adopted defense operations the previous day, and became offensive and defensive on the 9th. From the 10th, a firefighter will be sent to the fire.

Cuban President Dias-Carnell went to the accident scene again on the afternoon of the 9th. He affirmed the fire extinguishing operation of the day and reminded to beware of the emergence of new fire.

According to Cuba media reports, many Cuban military helicopters continued to flutter at the fire scene. The Mexican and Venezuela government continued to transport fire rescue materials to Cuba on the 9th.

The latest data released by the Cuban Ministry of Public Health on the evening of the 9th shows that the fire storage base fire and the explosion caused by 1 person have died and 125 were injured, of which 106 were discharged. The Ministry of Public Health also corrected the number of disappeared firefighters announced before.

According to Cuba media reports, the port of Mathamas is the largest port of imported fuels in Cuba. The fire in the fire is Cuba's largest oil storage base.

Sichuan Observation (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

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