the president of VenezuelaNicolás Maduro, confirmed this Tuesday that his government will support Cuba in the recovery of the damaged supertanker base of Matanzasaffected days ago by a fire of great proportions.
Ripe instructed the authorities of the Ministry of Petroleum of his country to carry out the corresponding coordination to support the reconstruction work, during the award ceremony for the firefighters and experts from the state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) who intervened in the extinction of the fire registered in the industrial zone of the city of Matanzas.
“Cuba knows that it has our scientific, technical, engineering and worker support; (…) Get in touch with the oil and energy authorities of Cuba to start the reconstruction design of the supertanker yard in killings”, pointed out the Venezuelan president, aforementioned by the agency Latin Press (PL).
Maduro also stressed that the Island “is not and will never be alone under any circumstances,” and will always have “the support of the peoples of the world and sensitive, brave and humanist governments,” the information refers.
Cuba is and will never be alone under any circumstances, it has the support of the peoples of the world and of sensitive, brave and humanist governments. We will be united in the battles we are fighting and in those we will fight in the future. We are brothers and sisters! pic.twitter.com/taHrLc2V02
– Nicholas Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) August 17, 2022
From the hands of the Venezuelan president, 43 firefighters and experts from PDVSA received the replica of the victorious saber of Carabobo and the Francisco de Miranda Order in its Precursor Second Class, for the work carried out during the extinction of the fire in Matanzas, an incident considered the worst of its type in Cuban history.
For his part, the President of the Island, Miguel Diaz-Canelextolled the solidarity of Venezuela and Mexico towards Cuba the day before, for their prompt response to the fire and assured on Twitter that Cubans “will never forget the heroism and brotherhood of the Mexicans and Venezuelans who came to support us in the fight against the fire.” .
Upon learning of the offer of the Venezuelan government to support the restoration of the Matanzas base, the Cuban president expressed his gratitude to Venezuela and his counterpart Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday, also through the aforementioned social network.
“Together again, we will recover what the fire took,” Díaz-Canel tweeted.
Thank you, brother @NicolásMaduro. For what they did and what they will do for our beloved #Cuba. I listened to your words with grateful emotion. Together again, we will recover what the fire took. #CubaIsCouragehttps://t.co/lh5CKNlrSB
– Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) August 17, 2022
According to the official version, the impact of lightning caused a large fire on August 5 in one of the fuel tanks of the super tanker base, which later spread to three others, in addition to generating strong explosions and flames.
In addition to the large material losses, the incident has so far left the balance of two identified deceased and 132 injured, of which 17 remain in hospital centers in Havana and Matanzas, according to the most recent part of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP).
For now, 14 missing people are counted — mostly firefighters — after one of the big explosions, which occurred on the first morning of the fire.
Experts gathered in a multidisciplinary group carried out this Tuesday a final review of the scene of the incident in search of the remains of the disappeared, and with the help of specialists and international institutions The analysis of the remains and objects found so far has begun for a possible identification.
