[ad_1]
A freight truck – a Mercedes Benz brand – caught fire at the exit of Havana Bay Tunnel on Thursday as it was heading toward the pier. Despite the large cloud of smoke that covered the area, the fire caused no injury.
According to Cubadebate the police controlled the traffic and prevented dozens of spectators from getting too close to the burning vehicle.
The truck burned almost completely despite the intervention of two cars of the fire department 1 command.
The note published by the aforementioned newspaper ensures that the fire was extinguished in half an hour and that the area has already been reopened to traffic.
For the moment, the causes that led to the incident are unknown.
In recent weeks, there have been few recorded fires in Cuba. Among them, it is worth mentioning that of an ETECSA factory in Villa Clara; another at the Oncological Hospital of 1945 and at the Provincial Hospital of Cienfuegos both in this month of July. However, at the beginning of June, there was also a fire at the children's hospital Marfán in Vedado
The most recent of all, three days ago, was reported in Café Tv night club, located on the ground floor of the FOCSA building .
Source link
