The official Cuban News Agency said lightning hit one tank, starting a fire, and the blaze later spread to a second tank:
Roberto de la Torre, head of fire operations in Matanzas, said firefighters were spraying water on intact tanks trying to keep them cool in hopes of preventing the fire from spreading.
Later Saturday, the Health Ministry said in a statement that a body had been found and officials were trying to identify it. People watch a huge rising plume of smoke caused by a blaze at the Matanzas Supertanker Base, in Matazanas, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Cuban authorities say lightning struck a crude oil storage tank at the base, causing a fire that led to four explosions which injured more than 50 people.
He said some people also decided to leave the Versailles district, which is a little farther from the tank farm than Dubrocq.
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