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Damage by fire at provincial hospital in Cuba is being repaired

Published on: February 18, 2025
18:15

Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Feb 18 (Prensa Latina) Maintenance and construction workers at the Camilo Cienfuegos Provincial Hospital in Sancti Spíritus are working on Tuesday to repair the intensive care unit that was damaged by a fire on Monday.

Fire near oil wells is under control in Cuba

Published on: February 8, 2025
18:58

Matanzas, Cuba, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) A fire that was extinguished on Saturday near oil wells in this central province caused concern on social media and the local population, due to the column of smoke raising in the coastal community of La Conchita.

Fires threaten Asia’s largest poultry farm in Thailand

Published on: January 28, 2025
10:42

Bangkok, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) More than 20 fire trucks are fighting to save the Chainat Bird Park from a fire that engulfed the Khao Plong mountain in Mueang district, 200 kilometers north of Bangkok.

Cubans pay tribute to 13 militaries who died in Holguin

Published on: January 20, 2025
07:48

Havana, Jan 20 (Prensa Latina) Cubans pay a posthumous tribute on Monday to the 13 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) who died as a result of a fire in a war material warehouse in the Holguin's Military Region.

Fire causes serious damage in thermoelectric plant in Cuba

Published on: January 16, 2025
16:52

Cienfuegos, Cuba (Prensa Latina) A fire in the control rooms of the two units of the thermoelectric plant located in this province (on Cuba's south coast) caused damage described as as serious in both facilities on Thursday.

Cuban President Díaz-Canel laments fire in Holguín

Published on: January 8, 2025
15:48

Havana, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Wednesday regretted a fire in a warehouse of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) in the eastern province of Holguín, and expressed solidarity with the families of 13 missing persons.

Fire in China market leaves eight dead and 15 injured

Published on: January 4, 2025
08:58

Zhangjiakou, China Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) A fire in a vegetable market in the Qiaoxi district of this city, in the Chinese province of Hebei, today left eight dead and 15 injured, local press reported.

Fire extinguished in central Cuba province

Published on: December 25, 2024
09:36

Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The rapid action of the Sancti Spríritus Fire Department allowed the total extinguishing of the large fire that took place in the asphalt plant of this city in central Cuba.

Forest fire threatens communication antennas in Ecuadorian city

Published on: December 2, 2024
18:58

Quito, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) A large forest fire is threatening today the radio and cell phone antennas in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, the country’s most populated.

Suspected arson at Venezuela’s oil pipeline leaves five injured

Published on: November 11, 2024
17:34

Caracas, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Petroleum Company (PDVSA) reported today a fire engulfing the 26-inch gas pipeline in the state of Monagas (northeast), which left five workers injured and appears to be a sabotage against the national hydrocarbon industry.

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