Public communication and catastrophes: waiting for answers
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Tag: Fire in Matanzas
Cuba will take four years to recover the Matanzas Supertanker Base’s capacities
Construction will begin this month on the first of the four tanks consumed by the flames during the large-scale fire ...
Matanzas Supertanker Base four months after fire
Without having official details about what failed in the safety devices, the recovery efforts are still in an early stage.
Recovery work reported at Matanzas Supertanker Base
The province’s Raw Materials Recovery Enterprises, Havana and Artemisa, the OBE, CUPET and Hydraulic Resources, among other entities, are participating ...
Story of a firefighter’s father
Fabián’s father has raw blisters on his hands. He has spent hours cutting grass nonstop in the yard in front ...
The identities of those missing in the fire in Matanzas are officially revealed.
The remains belong to 14 men, half of them presented by Granma newspaper as officers or soldiers of the Fire ...
Forensic experts study remains and objects found in area of Matanzas fire
As reported on Twitter by Cuban Minister of Public Health Dr. José Ángel Portal Miranda, “a first search in the ...
The visible traces of an extinguished fire
At the Supertanker Base the panorama is bleak; the magnitude of the catastrophe can be perceived from any of its ...
Environmental disaster and metadiplomacy. Alternatives for U.S.-Cuba relations?
The obstacle that prevented unilateral and instant assistance from the United States cannot be attributed, as in the past, to ...
One week after the fire (+Videos)
These videos show the conditions of the tanks and their surroundings, one week after the start of the great fire ...
Cuba firefighters: search for bodies of missing persons to begin within 48 hours
In a governmental meeting on the confrontation of the fire, it was explained that "it is normal" that smoke emanates ...
Fire in Matanzas: A door for Cuba-United States dialogue?
It would be scandalous if these technical assistance talks were the only thing that the United States contributes after the ...
Fire in Matanzas, challenges for health
Three fundamental factors occupy the attention of the health authorities: burns, exposure to gases resulting from the explosion and combustion, ...
Pope Francis laments serious fire in Cuba and conveys message to people
“The Holy Father is closely following the news arriving about the unfortunate accident that has caused a fire and several ...
Fire in Matanzas (in photos)
Images of the serious fire that has been affecting the Matanzas Supertanker Base in Cuba since last Friday, August 5.
Mexico is willing to send more help to face the fire in Matanzas
So far, Mexico has sent 85 military personnel and specialists from Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to Cuba, confirmed the country's President ...
Fire in industrial zone of Matanzas
We will be updating on the serious situation in Matanzas after several explosions at the Supertanker Base located in that ...
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