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Cuban fuel tank fire leaves 1 dead, injures 121 after lighting strikes oil storage facility

On Friday evening in Cuba, lightning struck one of eight storage tanks at an oil storage facility in Matanzas, 97 km east of Havana, igniting a massive oil-fed fire that burned through the night. Cuban authorities said at least 121 people were injured in the second blast, of which 36 remained hospitalized, five in critical condition. One person was listed as dead, and 17 firefighters were unaccounted for.

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