US Edition13 Cuban soldiers dead after explosion at ammunition depot, government says
- The Cuban government reported that 13 soldiers died after an explosion at an ammunition depot in Melones, which occurred on January 7, 2025.
- The explosion was likely caused by a short circuit and triggered a series of explosions at the facility, according to the Cuban Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.
- The Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez expressed deep sorrow, stating that the soldiers died heroically while facing the accident.
- The incident prompted the evacuation of over 1,200 residents, and access to the site remains impossible due to toxic gases and severe structural damage.
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The Cuban authorities confirmed on Wednesday the death of the thirteen military personnel who were missing after several explosions occurred in an arms and ammunition warehouse in the Cuban municipality of Rafael Freyre, located in the province of Holguín, 730 kilometers from Havana.The Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Minfar) in a social media statement reported that “after several days of intense work, it was possible to determine t…
The Ministry of the Cuban Armed Forces (MINFAR) declared on Wednesday that the 13 people who were in the area where war material was stored were dead, and that there was an electrical failure that triggered the explosions on January 7, 2025 in the Military Region of Holguín province, in the Eastern Army. READ ALSO: Cuba confirms that explosion in military warehouse leaves 13 missing in Holguín At the time of writing the official communiqué, “it …
MINFAR declares people involved in accident in Cuba officially dead
The institution said in a press release that the extreme complexity that exists on the site of the explosions, the effects of the accumulated gases and the severe damage, as well as the real danger of collapses due to the structural damage to the work, have not allowed access to the place of the explosion. The MINFAR explained that after the work done and the analysis by specialists, the investigative commission created by order of the FAR Minis…
Cuba: MINFAR Confirms Military Facility Accident Leaves 13 Dead - teleSUR English
This has led experts to conclude that the 13 brave comrades who tried to contain the disaster have died. Related: Explosions Hit Military Storage Facility in Holguín, Cuba; 13 People Reported Missing On January 7, 2025, a tragic accident at a site storing war material in the Holguín Military Region, belonging to the Eastern Army, shocked the country. After several days of intensive work, it has been determined that the cause of the accident was …
13 Cuban soldiers dead after explosion at ammunition depot
The explosion, which officials said was likely the cause of a short circuit and power failure, prompted the evacuation of more than 1,200 residents. Source The post 13 Cuban soldiers dead after explosion at ammunition depot appeared first on News Talk 94.1/AM 1600.
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