Unusual: A gasoline motorcycle catches fire in the middle of the street in Cuba

A gasoline motorcycle was consumed by flames this Monday in the middle of the street in the Martí neighborhood, in Santa Clara, Villa Clara, according to a report on social networks.

“Look at this, what I never thought I would see.That one is not electric, it is combustion and it went from being a motorcycle to a piece of burnt iron in less than three minutes”, wrote in the Facebook group Bus & Truck Accidents the digital creator identified as Gsm.

The source specified that the motorcycle burned faster than an electric one, and clarified thatthe vehicle had a lead battery, something that led several Internet users to conjecture what could have happened in this case.

“If the battery was lead, it had nothing to do with the fire, someone hit it with a candle.”, a user of the group stated in a conspiratorial tone, but the author of the post clarified that the owner of the motorcycle was next to it when it passed, and that he grabbed the candle out of nowhere.

“He says he thinks it was a problemof the wires that burned and melted the fuel line", noted the GSM citing the hypothesis of the owner of the damaged motorcycle.

"If the battery was lead, what happened was a short circuit and the gasoline caught fire, that has happened other times," another commentator agreed.

Gsm clarified that,Although the fire took place next to a building, nothing could be done to pour water on the motorcycle and try to save it because everything happened so quickly.

“There was no time. In ten seconds a ball of fire was made that no one could get close to. I tell you it was an instant thing. There was not going to be a solution even with the firefighters at our side,” he said.

In the list of conjectures and possible causes, othersThey blamed the misfortune on the poor quality of gasoline sold in Cuba.

“God knows, maybe the gasoline wouldn't work”; “This happens because of the ‘good’ quality of fuel in Cuba”; “That's the disgusting gasoline,” three commentators pointed out in that sense.

"If there was a fuel leak, of course it can burn, gasoline is very flammable, but this is nothing new. Now the queens of fires in Cuba are the electric ones," stated one Internet user, emphasizing that, beyond this specific tragic incident, electricity companies are the real headache at the national level, where they top the list of causes of domestic fires on the island.