Massive blackouts roil Cuba
Cardenas, Cuba Reuters Power outages totalling 14 hours or more per day were reported on Thursday across much of crisis-racked Cuba, leaving millions of residents defenceless in the summer heat and humidity. The state-run power company said breakdowns had forced six plants off-line on the outdated and poorly maintained grid. People sit in a street […]
Cuba brings oil depot fire under control, worst in island’s history
Matanzas, Cuba Reuters Firefighters on Tuesday finally overcame what officials described as the worst fire in Cuba’s history that over five days destroyed 40% of the Caribbean island’s main fuel storage facility and caused massive blackouts. Reuters witnesses reported the raging flames that ravaged a four-tank segment of the Matanzas super tanker port had died […]
Third oil storage tank collapses in Cuba terminal following fire, spill – governor
Havana, Cuba Reuters A third crude tank caught fire and collapsed at Cuba’s main oil terminal in Matanzas, its governor said on Monday, as an oil spill spread flames from a second tank that caught fire two days earlier in the island’s biggest oil industry accident in decades. Cuba had made progress fighting off the […]