Cuba gets help from Mexico, Venezuela to fight oil fire

Firefighters from Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela try to control fire in Matanzas oil tank

Los bomberos de Cuba se unieron este domingo a los equipos especiales enviados por México y Venezuela, quienes intentan controlar y sofocar el incendio que se registró el viernes por la noche en el parque de tanques de petróleo en la provincia occidental de Matanzas.Incendio en refinería de MatanzasEl incendio comenzó cuando un rayo cayó sobre un tanque que almacenaba petróleo. La unidad estalló tras ser golpeada por un rayo causado por una torm…

Cuba Gets Help From Mexico, Venezuela to Fight Oil Fire

havana - Cuba appeared to make progress on Sunday bringing under control a fire at its main oil storage facility that has killed one firefighter, drawin

Help from Mexico, Venezuela arrives as Cuba battles deadly depot fire

MANTAZAS, Cuba: Aircraft, firefighters and specialists from Mexico and Venezuela arrived in Cuba Sunday to help put out a massive fire at a fuel depot that has left at least one...

Cuba fire rages at fuel storage port; Mexico, Venezuela sending help

HAVANA (Reuters) -A massive oil-fed fire burned for a second day on Saturday near Cuba’s supertanker port in Matanzas, as Mexico and Venezuela sent teams to help fight the inferno and Cuba accepted a U.S. offer of unspecified “technical advice”.On Friday evening, lightning struck one of eight storage tanks at the facility 60 miles east of Havana. Heat from the blaze reached a second tank on Saturday and the wind blew flames dangerously close to …

Cuba gets help from Mexico, Venezuela to fight oil fire

Cuba appeared to make progress on Sunday bringing under control a fire at its main oil storage facility that has killed one firefighter, drawing on help from Mexico and Venezuela to fight the raging flames.

Cuba gets help from neighboring countries to fight fire in oil tanks

A firefighter was killed while extinguishing. 122 people were also injured by the fire.