According to a press release from that military entity, quoted by Cuban television, the event does not pose a danger to the community of Melones, in Holguín’s Rafael Freire municipality.

So far, 1,245 people have been evacuated from the People’s Council (electoral district) of La Púa, in Gibara, said the statement, which also reported that a commission is investigating the causes of the explosions.

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