SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- A fire The outbreak spread throughout the afternoon of this Saturday in the warehouses of the ITH Varadero Marketing Company, located in the Santa Marta People’s Council, on the highway between Cárdenas and the Matanzas resort.
The local pro-government media They said the accident started around 2:30 p.m. and the causes of it are currently unknown.
The press reported that units from the Fire Department, the Integrated Medical Emergency System and the Red Cross were present at the scene, as well as political and governmental authorities from the province of Matanzas and the municipality of Cárdenas.
There were no fatalities or injuries and it is reported that the damage to the facilities of the ITH Varadero Marketing Company is not considerable.
ITH, which is responsible for supplying supplies to hotel and non-hotel facilities in Varadero, also did not mention the possible causes of the incident.
Just a few months ago, firefighters put out a fire that broke out in the Matanzas Municipal Aqueduct, in the Naranjal neighborhood.
The fire consumed 400-millimeter PAD pipes that were stored in the aqueduct’s storage yard.
In total, 12 pipes, each 12 metres long, were burned. “The column of smoke immediately rose over the El Naranjal neighbourhood. This material is highly flammable,” the government wrote.
Firefighters managed to quickly bring the fire under control without causing major damage.
In June, in addition, a riot broke out fire in a fuel tank of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant, in Matanzas.
The fire was extinguished after six hours of firefighters’ work. Engineers from Matanzas announced that they would try to extract 10,000 liters of oil from the burning crude oil tank.
The tank that was consumed by the flames was kept cooling down until the next day, under the supervision of a fire brigade.
