Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez. File photoMEXICO CITY, Aug 7 Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez thanked the governments of Russia, Mexico, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Argentina, Chile and the United States for offering assistance in response to a major oil storage fire.
"We express our deep gratitude to the governments of Mexico, Venezuela, Russia, Nicaragua, Argentina and Chile, who promptly offered solidarity material assistance in the face of this difficult situation. We also thank the United States for the proposed technical consultations", the politician wrote on Twitter.
Mexican media, citing sources, previously reported that a team of specialists from the Pemex oil and gas corporation would be sent to Cuba at the direction of President Andres Manuel López Obrador.Strong The fire started at a Cuban oil storage facility in the port of the province of Matanzas the night before after being struck by lightning. According to the newspaper Granma, lightning struck the dome of the reservoir, which contained about 25,000 cubic meters of oil. Despite the non-stop work of fire brigades, the flames spread to a nearby tank. The firefighting has been going on for days. According to the regional government, 17 people are missing and 77 injured, some in critical condition as a result of the explosion. 10 people died