The mobile remote control unit of the Tele Turquino channel, Santiago de Cubasuffered this Wednesday a fire when he traveled to the neighboring province of Granma to broadcast the start of the postseason of the 61st baseball national series.
It is presumed that the incident occurred due to an electrical problem originating in the vehicle’s engine, and then spread to the rest of the unit, damaging its technical equipment, according to information disclosed by the Santiago telecentre on its Facebook profile. .
At the time of the event, only the driver was traveling in the vehicle, who suffered minor burns when trying to put out the fire, and a general assistant and mechanic, adds the official information, which confirms that the means of transport did not travel the technicians who were going to make television broadcast.
The fire broke out when the remote control unit was moving through the vicinity of the national highway, before reaching the El Cristo checkpoint, and as usual, it was accompanied by the motorized traffic police, the source said.
The publication adds that when the fire broke out, the crew members were assisted “quickly” by the firemen of Command 4 of the province of Santiago de Cuba, and stresses that there was no loss of human life.
The mobile unit was in charge of broadcasting the quarterfinal series between the Granma team, current national champion, and Industriales, the team with the highest number of titles in the history of the National Series.
According to reports, directors of the cuban television They already manage alternatives to cover the incidents of that crossing of the baseball postseason on the Island.
