The oil facility fire that started Friday night spread to more storage tanks on Tuesday, threatening to make Cuba's summer energy crisis even more dangerous. The massive oil fire in Matanzas, Cuba, ...
People look at a huge column of smoke rising from the Matanzas Supertanker Base, while firefighters and specialists work to extinguish a fire in Matanzas, Cuba, on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, that was ...
On August 5, a major oil storage facility in Matanzas, Cuba, 65 miles east of Havana, was hit by lightning. A tank that contained 25,000 cubic meters of crude oil caught fire after being struck. Since ...
Firefighters on Tuesday finally overcame what officials described as the worst fire in Cuba’s history that over five days destroyed 40% of the Caribbean island’s main fuel storage facility and caused ...
A massive, lightning-sparked fire feeding on two oil storage tanks in the Cuban city of Matanzas raged out of control Saturday and injured at least 121, according to the country's health ministry. Of ...
HAVANA -- Cuban firefighters were joined by special teams sent by Mexico and Venezuela on Sunday as they battled for a second day to control a fire blazing at a big oil tank farm in the western ...
Reporting From MATANZAS, Cuba — Several dozen people gather under a punishing December sun outside the weathered baseball stadium in this port city 60 miles east of Havana, pushing and shoving in the ...