Lightning struck a fuel storage tank on Friday night. Days later the fire is finally under control.
Here's drone footage from just before 2am, tweeted from Cuba's official presidential account:"[It was] so big it lit up the area like the sun," local resident Alfredo Gonzalez said.
Smoke billowing from the site spread beyond the port city, reaching Cuba's capital Havana, about 85 kilometres away.Reinforcements were bought in, with 82 Mexican and 35 Venezuelan firefighters experienced in fuel blazes joining the effort and bringing four plane loads of fire-fighting chemicals.Smoke billows from the blaze on Sunday.
The second tank was still burning, she said, with crews working to stop the third tank going up in flames. Locals were told to use face masks or stay inside to avoid the smoke, with authorities warning it contained sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and other poisonous substances.Matanzas province Governor Mario Sabines confirmed the third tank had caught fire and collapsed.
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