A tanker truck of the state company CUPET had an accident and caught fire this Sunday morning in western Cuba, according to the entity itself cited by official media.
The incident occurred on the Vía Blanca, near the Canasí bridge, in the province of Mayabeque, and no loss of human life has been reported. as reported the website Cubadebatewhich states that the vehicle was transporting solvent gasoline for industrial use.
Previously, some publications on social networks had assured that the vehicle was transporting fuel from Matanzas to Havana, while others affirmed that it was heading from the island’s capital to the city of Matanzas, where since Friday night a big fire It affects a Supertanker base and has forced the evacuation of fuel from the place.
In an interview broadcast on the midday television news, the governor of Matanzas, Mario Sabines Lorenzo, stressed that this accident was not related to the incident that is still active in the Matanzas industrial zone, in which specialized forces from the country are still working with international support.
Also on social media it’s been said that the event occurred when a tire burst on the truck, which overturned as a result, but this has not been officially confirmed.
As reported the official newspaper Granmawhich quotes Yuniasky Crespo Baquero, first secretary of the Communist Party in Mayabeque, the fire was put out in less than an hour by the province’s fire department and hydraulic resources.
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