Cuba pays tribute to the fallen in Matanza firefighting

Havana, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will honor on Friday, August 19, the fallen in the confrontation with the large-scale fire occurred at the Industrial Zone of the western province of Matanzas.

August 18, 2022
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Population will have the opportunity to offer their heartfelt condolences and solidarity to those who died in the attempt to put out the fire from 10:00 to 17:00, local time, at the Enrique Estrada Firefighters Museum.

The 14 deaths are soldiers: Adriano Rodríguez (Matanzas), Fabián Naranjo and Leo Alejandro Doval (both from Matanzas), Michel Rodríguez (Mayabeque); First NCO Diosdel Nazco (Matanzas); Captain Areskys Quintero (Mayabeque), First Lieutenant Andy Mitchel Ramos (Havana), Luis Angel Alvarez and Pablo Angel Lopez (both from Matanzas); Osmany Blasco and Rolando Oviedo (both from Mayabeque); as well as Raciel Alonso Martinez, Luis Raul Aguilar and Osley Marante (Havana).

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel declareda two-day official mourning, starting at 6:00 a.m. local time on Thursday, in tribute to the victims of Cuba´s deadliest catastrophe ever.

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