A raging fire broke out on Tuesday night in the old roof paper factory in the Havana municipality of La Lisa, according to reports from several witnesses on social networks.
Enyer Torres, a Cuban who recorded several videos from the area of the accident - at 190 and 65 - showed the powerful smoke and the extensive deployment of firefighters and water pipes to try to control the fire.
According to Torres,Neighbors in the area indicated that there were no injuries and said they did not know the origin of the fire.
"Since 11:00 p.m. and you can still hear the sirens and there is a stench of smoke, of burning rubber," one of many residents in the area who were alarmed by the large movement of fire trucks and pipes from different points reported online. From the capital.
The fire has not yet been controlled because there is a spill of chapapote that makes extinguishing it difficult., of the fire as reported a few hours ago by Dany Ferrera Ches, another witness who shared several videos.
"I just got back from the place and everything is still the same. Things are ugly, firefighters come and come... Pipes the same and it still can't be turned off.That isfull. I saw about three colonels and government people there.", wrote Dany Ferrera Ches in the comments section of a social media publication.
"The roofing paper contains a petroleum derivative and behind the factory there is a very dangerous gas point," added another Internet user.
It is unclear whether the factory was operational or just a warehouse at the time the fire broke out.
The images show that there are several homes in the surrounding area.
Until the closing of this note, official media outlets have not reported on the strong fire.
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