For two days, a thick plume of smoke poured into the air from a major fire that began Friday at an oil facility in Matanzas, Cuba. But late Sunday, the night sky glowed an eerie, orange shade ...

Matanzas is Cuba’s largest port for receiving crude oil and fuel imports. Cuban heavy crude, as well as fuel oil and diesel stored in Matanzas in 10 huge tanks, are mainly used to generate ...

during a funeral ceremony inside the Firefighters Museum in Matanzas, Cuba, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. Lightning sparked the fire on Aug. 5 and killed 16 people, injured more than 100, destroyed four ...

Lightning struck a large oil storage tank on Friday evening in Matanzas, Cuba, causing a huge fire. “We are closely following the confrontation with the fire in the industrial zone. We trust the ...

Matanzas is Cuba’s largest port for receiving crude oil and fuel imports. Oil and diesel stored in 10 huge tanks at the port are mainly used to generate electricity on the island. Rolando Vecino ...

MATANZAS, Cuba, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Firefighters on Tuesday finally overcame what officials described as the worst fire in Cuba's history that over five days destroyed 40% of the Caribbean island's ...

Aug 8 (Reuters) - An inferno at Cuba's largest oil storage facility has killed at least one firefighter, injured many more, and threatens to further swell the fuel import bill for the impoverished ...

HAVANA — Flames engulfed a fourth tank at an oil storage facility in western Cuba on Tuesday as the raging ... fight the blaze in the province of Matanzas with boats, planes and helicopters ...

The electricity went out nationwide Friday morning after a failure at a thermoelectric power plant in Matanzas, east of Havana, Cuba’s Energy Ministry said on X. The blackout came less than a ...