Cuba gets help from Mexico, Venezuela to fight oil fire

FILE PHOTO: Fire is seen over fuel storage tanks that exploded near Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas, Cuba, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo

HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuba appeared to make progress on Sunday bringing under control a fire at its main oil storage facility that has killed one firefighter, drawing on help from Mexico and Venezuela to fight the raging flames.

A lightning strike on Friday ignited one of eight storage tanks at the Matanzas super tanker port 60 miles east of Havana. A second tank caught fire on Saturday, catching firefighters and others at the scene by surprise. Sixteen people were missing.