A primary school teacher identified as Miladi lost all her belongings after a fire destroyed her home and her mother's in Pinar del Río, and a friend is seeking support on social media to help her recover.
The incident happened at a particularly painful time: the family was not at home because they had gone out to take the quinceañera photos of the teacher's daughter.
"Professor, with your permission, I am going to make this post. Yesterday, Professor Miladi's house and her mother's house burned down. Thankfully, all the family members are safe, but they have lost everything. What I say is not enough; you can see it in the video. She is a teacher who has dedicated herself to teaching her students with much love and care," reads the post on Facebook.
"They went to take photos for their daughter's 15th birthday and left the scooter parked inside the house. It wasn't charging, and it's unknown how the battery exploded, leaving nothing inside the house; they lost everything," explained Misary Martinez, a friend of the affected individual, in the comments on the post.
The fires caused by electric motorcycle batteries are a recurring problem in Cuba. In Pinar del Río, at least 30 electric motorcycle fires have been recorded in a single period, highlighting the magnitude of the risk these vehicles pose when proper precautions are not taken.
Experts from the Cuban Fire Department have pointed out that among the main causes of these incidents are the use of non-certified lithium batteries, removal of protective devices, and improper charging of equipment.
The response of emergency services has also been questioned in previous cases. In another incident involving a motorcycle in the same province, the firefighters arrived twenty minutes late and without water, which prevented the fire from being controlled in time and worsened the material damages.
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