A fire happened on Tuesday in Sagebrush He left damage to two homes, as well as produced the same number of injured, although slightly.
The injured were a father and his son, according to The local newspaper, which does not refer to their age. Some publications in networks point out that the child is a minor.
Both suffered “minor burns on the face” in their attempt to calm the fire, the newspaper points out Artemiseñowhich details the effects suffered by the houses, located in the Las Cañas Popular Council, of the provincial head.
According to this report, a first house had already burned and burned part of the neighboring cover when the firefighters arrived. In the first house, presumably where the injured resided, “the flames swept the deck and all home teams.”
A previous publication in newspapers of the newspaper itself I had confirmed That said house “lost the roof, carpentry and the walls are damaged, some in collapse.”
“The main actions were aimed at avoiding the propagation towards the other house, carrying out attacks from the inside” to the extinction of the fire, said Lieutenant Colonel Yaser Sánchez Seguí, head of the Artemisa Fire Department.
According to the report, which cites statements of witnesses, the fire was caused by “a spark produced by an artisanal heater, in contact with fuel.”
Authorities of the territory informed that the affected family – which according to the first publication is made up of five people, including two minors – were going to sell materials to rebuild the house, after the damage was evaluated, and two mattresses would be delivered “ urgently ”.
“They can also be provided with a brigade, but in this case they will seem that they will receive the support of family and friends,” said Deysi Milián Castillo, director of the house in the municipality.
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This month an electrical accident caused a fire that affected the two units of the Cienfuegos thermoelectric plant, while maintenance work was executed. Fire have also been reported by motorcycle batteries explosion, a common phenomenon in recent years on the island.
