Third Oil Storage Tank Collapses in Cuba Terminal Following Fire, Spill -Governor

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HAVANA (Reuters) -A third crude tank caught fire and collapsed at Cuba's main oil terminal Matanzas, a local governor said on Monday, as an oil spill spread flames from a second tank that caught fire two days earlier in the island's biggest oil industry accident in decades.

 

Cuba had made progress fighting off the raging flames during the weekend after drawing on help from Mexico and Venezuela, but late on Sunday the fire began spreading from the second tank, which collapsed, said Mario Sabines, governor of the Matanzas province, about 60 miles (130 klms) from Havana.

 

Matanzas is Cuba's largest port for receiving crude oil and fuel imports.

 

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