A couple died, and their three children - a nine-year-old boy and two 21-year-old twin girls - are in critical condition after their house caught fire due to the explosion of a motorbike in La Lisa, Havana, this Wednesday.
The news of the tragedy that has devastated this Cuban family was shared on social media by the singer Saúl Manuel, who was informed of the fateful incident by a relative of the victims.
"I am a family member of the girl from the gasoline explosion. Yes, unfortunately, she passed away and her husband as well. My cousin is in critical condition, with third-degree burns all over his body, and the twins are also critical. The boy woke up today in a worse condition, he is 9 years old, and the two girls are also in critical condition. They are 21-year-old twins," explains the message sent to the artist.
Kirenia Cancio Domínguez, 43, and her husband, Alejandro Fernández de las Cagigas, died in the accident. According to people close to the couple, both worked at the Comodoro hotel.
The child Eleonay Rankin Cancio remains in critical condition in a hospital, while twins Alejandra and Laura Fernández Pérez are hospitalized in the burn unit of the Calixto García Hospital, also in a life-threatening situation.
"Very sad and painful, we have no consolation," the family member confessed in their message. "We are waiting for my family from the U.S. to arrive. The wake will be after 8, closed casket, and only two hours."
Earlier this Thursday, the urgent request for O+ blood donations for twins Laura and Alejandra, Biology students, became known. Posts in Facebook groups urged people capable of donating to go to the blood bank located at 23rd and 2nd streets, in Vedado.
Motor scooters have become popular in recent years among Cubans, who acquire them to try to alleviate the effects of the transportation crisis in the country. However, lithium battery explosions in these vehicles have caused hundreds of fatal incidents.
Precisely, the most recent tragedy has unfolded a few days before the first anniversary of the tragic event that plunged a Havana family into mourning. In the early hours of June 28, 2023, seven people, including two young children, died in the fire caused by the explosion of several electric motorcycles in a house in Centro Havana.
At the beginning of this month, a couple and their 21-year-old son died in Playa, after a fire broke out in their home, allegedly due to the explosion of an electric motorcycle.
According to official data, from 2019 to mid-2023, more than 3,000 fires of this type were recorded and extinguished by firefighters, in which about 200 people died or were injured, as well as reporting significant material losses.
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