2023-07-13 16:10:30
The Cuban state press reports on a new fire on the morning of this July 13 at the Astilleros del Golfo (Astigolf), in Manzanillo, in the province of Granma.
According to report of Roberto Mesa Matos, journalist at CMKX Radio Bayamo, there is no regret for the loss of human lives in the incident at the Gulf Shipyards (Astigol), one of the six most important in Cuba.
However, there are two people injured, who belong to the Manzanillo Fire Department, and are already receiving medical care at the Celia Sánchez Manduley Provincial Clinical, Surgical and Teaching Hospital.
According to the information offered, “the fire occurred after 5:15 in the morning, in the entity’s resin warehouse, where there were more than a hundred tanks with this material and containers with other chemical compounds.” , which are used in the manufacture of boats.
The journalist specified that “at the time the flames started, only the guard personnel were in the company.”
Once extinguished, Lieutenant Colonel Orestes López Álvarez, chief of the Granma Fire Department, stated that “at this moment the place is being cleared to investigate the causes of the incident.”
FIRES IN CUBA
This Wednesday, the fire that occurred at the Radio Cadena Agramonte station, in the capital of Camagüey, made headlines on the island.
“It was a medium-sized fire, with no means of propagation. Fifty men participated in its extinction, five members of the Fire Department, ten from various sectors of the economy, ambulances from the Integrated System of Medical Emergencies and the system of the Ministry of the Interior of the province in general”, reported from the Fire Department of the province.
Preliminary information ensures that “there were no direct effects on any of the seven studios managed by the radio station.”
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