Fire consumes home in Moa

A greatfire destroyed the house of oneCuban family in Moa, Holguín, without the help of the firefighters arriving in time.

The accident was reported this Thursday, in the profile ofFacebook Juan Juan TO THE MIDDLE, where they highlighted the location of the home on a central street, in front of the "Pueblo Nuevo" candy store.

The video captured the magnitude of the fire, how it affected the house and partially the homes on the ground floors and other adjacent ones.

In the final moments of the short audiovisual, we see how the neighbors go to the burning house to rescue a person who had been trapped inside the house, on the ground floor.

The firefighters do not appear at any time on the scene and citizens noted this with their comments on the publication.

"No one is seen putting out the fire. There is not even a homemade hose, andfirefighters are conspicuous by their absence. This is life in Cuba," said one user.

"I'm in Moa, where the fire happened. It's very sad what happened to that family. May God have mercy, but life here is very difficult," another person commented.

The Cuban family affected by the incident lost all their belongings and will not be able to live in their house.

This week anotherfire in the eastern region of the country caught the attention of the press. It occurred due to an electrical overload on Tuesday night and affected the two medical schools in the city of Santiago de Cuba.

A medical student said that the electrical overload was due to using electric stoves and heaters to heat water so she could bathe on these winter days on the island.