MIAMI, United States. – The first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in the province of Matanzas, Susely Morfa, reduced to 14 the number of missing persons due to the large fire that affected the Supertanker Base of the Matanzas industrial pole.
“At the beginning there were 17 disappeared. After the explosion, a search began and two people appeared in hospitals and finally it is reported that there are 14 missing, said the official in statements quoted by the state newspaper Giron.
Morfa did not specify the identity of the two people previously reported missing or say where they were or in what condition.
He stressed that it was “a very delicate and sensitive situation with the families” of the disappeared and that there was “a commission that accompanies and keeps the relatives informed.”
This Sunday, official media They reported that Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel had met with the relatives of the disappeared persons, mainly firefighters.
According to the account of the Cuban Presidency on TwitterDíaz-Canel assured the relatives and close friends of the disappeared persons – who at that time were 16, according to official reports – that they had “full support” from his government.
According to the newspaper GironAt the meeting, the Cuban leader explained that he was working “hard” to clarify the situation of these people as soon as possible, but that, in any case, it was impossible to access the scene of the incident due to the high temperatures.
Given the lack of information, rumors have spread on social networks and in Matanzas itself, where it is said that the disappeared were young people who were serving the Active Military Service and that they were sent to put out the flames.
Last Saturday, Díaz-Canel also called for priority attention to the injured and the relatives of the disappeared during a meeting in Matanzas, where he was accompanied by the highest authorities of the territory and the country.
On Twitter he wrote: “It is urgent to find the firefighters who disappeared in the explosion and care for their families. The situation is difficult, but we are also going to come out of this. #ForceMatanzas”.
The official media have published shocking images where firefighters can be seen working very close to the burning tanks, taken just before the second explosion occurred.
After this explosion, the first wounded and missing were reported.
Also this Sunday, the magazine Bohemia public new images of firefighters facing the fire before the second explosion.
while on social media photos have been spread of helmets and fully burned fire trucks.
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