House catches fire in Santiago de Cuba

Andfire It occurred this Wednesday in a house in the city of Santiago de Cuba, and was presumably put down before firefighters arrived.

Thenews of the incident was published by the communicator Yosmany Mayeta Labrada, with a short video in which a column of smoke is seen coming from the second floor of the three-story house, before a group of neighbors who were observing the scene.

The event occurred on Gasómetro Street, between 8 and 10, in the capital of Santiago, andno victims have been reported.

According to the source cited by Mayeta, while the fire was active “The fire trucks had not arrived because they supposedly did not have fuel.”, a fact that the reporter had not been able to confirm.

In the images, a man, identified by the nickname Chopo, is seen climbing from the adjacent house to the building where the fire occurred, apparently to put it out, but the video ends right at that moment.

Several people commented that the incident was not serious, but the damage it could have caused to the home is unknown.

AndVoracious fire that occurred early this Wednesday in a recreational center in Pálpite, in the Zapata Swamp,claimed the life of a 32-year-old young man.

Meanwhile, in Pinar del Río, forces from the Forest Ranger Corps and agricultural companies work to extinguish alarge fire that has consumed more than 300 hectares of forest in the mountains of the Sierra de los Órganos.

At the beginning of this month,Three people were arrested accused of having started a fire at the Pío Cuá restaurant in Jagüey Grande, in Matanzas, managed by the Cubanacán hotel group and belonging to the Grupo de Gestión Empresarial S.A. (GAESA), owned by the military leadership of the Cuban regime.