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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Marc Frank and Nelson Acosta

REVEALED: Major fire spreads at cuban fuel storage facility hit by lightning | Vintage Vibes

People enjoy the beach near the smoke of a fire over fuel storage tanks that exploded near Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas, Cuba, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

A massive oil-fed fire burned for a second day on Saturday near Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas, as Mexico and Venezuela sent teams to help fight the inferno and Cuba accepted a U.S. offer of unspecified "technical advice".

On Friday evening, lightning struck one of eight storage tanks at the facility 60 miles east of Havana. Heat from the blaze reached a second tank on Saturday and the wind blew flames dangerously close to a third.

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