Voracious fire due to blackout destroys restaurant in Jagüey Grande

a voracious fire in the early hours of this Thursday, allegedly caused by a circuit cut, destroyed the Pío Cua restaurant, located on the road to Playa Giron, in the Jagüey Grande municipality, province of Matanzas, according to reported local authorities.

There were no injuries although there was significant material damage., according to images shared on social networks.

The place, administered by Cubanacán, it was a ranch-type construction - with a lot of use of wood - something that in this case contributed to the virulence of the flames.

In a post shared on Facebook, municipal authorities of Popular Power indicated that After the electricity returned after a blackout, "an electrical overload occurred" that affected the equipment and caused the fire.

The same source added that "specialized forces from the MININT, together with the highest authorities of the municipality and the workers of the institution, managed to control the fire, without harm to human lives."

Located on the road to Playa Larga, The damaged restaurant had capacity for 200 people and specialized in international food.

In recent years, Cubanacán had promoted the place on its social networks, which apparently was not just a restaurant, but a recreational complex that also included a cafeteria and a nightclub.

Local authorities did not specify whether the fire destroyed the entire facility or only partially, however, the images reveal that the damage was extensive.

At the close of this note there are no other details about the event, which adds to other fires in state entities in recent months.

Increase in fires in state infrastructures in Cuba

In recent months there have already been several fires that have broken out in state companies and state infrastructures.

a week ago a fire in the Industrial Craft Market (MAI) of the Nuevo Miraflores Community, in the capital's Boyeros municipality, was suffocated by commandos from the Havana fire department. In that case there were no injuries either, only material damage.

In the early morning of July 13, a total of five firefighters were injured, one of them seriously, in a large fire that broke out in the "Andrés Luján Vázquez" shipyard in the city of Manzanillo, Granma province.

He Sinister It occurred shortly after five in the morning in the entity's resin warehouse, which contained more than a hundred tanks with material and containers with other chemical compounds used in the manufacture of boats. Nor in that case was the cause of the incident initially reported, which was pending the opening of an investigation.

At the beginning of July, Cuban firefighters put out another fire, in that case in the José Martí tobacco factory (H. Upmann), located on Belascoaín street, in the municipality of Centro Habana.

In June, a powerful fire affected the headquarters of the Electric Company in Camagüey, as reported by that state institution on social networks, which described it as "accidental", when it started in the cycle parking area.

Days before, a fire in an electrical substation in Pinar del Río It left half of that territory without electricity service during the early hours of the morning.