Madrid Spain.- On the afternoon of this Tuesday, a fire occurred in a Medical Sciences classroom, located on the first floor of the Martín Chang Puga general teaching hospital, in the municipality of Nuevitas, Camagüey.
As reported by the local radio Radio NuevitasNo human losses or injuries were reported, but there were damages to the medical center.
The greatest damage occurred in the false ceiling and in the electrical installations of the premises, said the director of the institution, Alberto Manuel Padrón.
In the images shared through social networks, it is observed that a large part of the medical personnel and patients were evacuated.
According to the note Radio Nuevitas“Immediately the main authorities of the municipality appeared at the scene and together with the hospital management all measures were adopted with the staff.”
So far the cause of the fire is unknown.
Last June aroundAround 20 patients at the Faustino Pérez University Hospital in Matanzas were evacuees by a gas leak in the pantry of Room J of General Surgery.
The gas leak was due to the lack of maintenance of the pipes of 30 years of exploitation, indicated Taymi Martínez Naranjo, director of the hospital.
According to the newspaper Giron, the pantrist Mirtha González Quevedo was the one who detected the leak and notified the authorities of the center and the fire department of the province.
Also in June, a fire caused by the explosion of an electric motorcycle in a state leased parking lot, near Calzada de Diez de Octubre, in the Havana municipality of Cerro, caused the total destruction of 12 of those vehicles and caused damage. to two light cars.
Also, several houses adjacent to the parking lot were affected by the flames.
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