13 Cuban soldiers dead after explosion at ammunition depot, government says

13 Cuban soldiers dead after explosion at ammunition depot, government says

The explosion, which officials said was likely the cause of a short circuit and power failure, prompted the evacuation of more than 1,200 residents.

The Cuban authorities confirmed on Wednesday the death of the thirteen military personnel who were missing after several explosions occurred in an arms and ammunition warehouse in the Cuban municipality of Rafael Freyre, located in the province of Holguín, 730 kilometers from Havana.The Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Minfar) in a social media statement reported that “after several days of intense work, it was possible to determine t…

The Ministry of the Cuban Armed Forces (MINFAR) declared on Wednesday that the 13 people who were in the area where war material was stored were dead, and that there was an electrical failure that triggered the explosions on January 7, 2025 in the Military Region of Holguín province, in the Eastern Army. READ ALSO: Cuba confirms that explosion in military warehouse leaves 13 missing in Holguín At the time of writing the official communiqué, “it …

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This has led experts to conclude that the 13 brave comrades who tried to contain the disaster have died. Related: Explosions Hit Military Storage Facility in Holguín, Cuba; 13 People Reported Missing On January 7, 2025, a tragic accident at a site storing war material in the Holguín Military Region, belonging to the Eastern Army, shocked the country. After several days of intensive work, it has been determined that the cause of the accident was …

13 Cuban soldiers dead after explosion at ammunition depot

The explosion, which officials said was likely the cause of a short circuit and power failure, prompted the evacuation of more than 1,200 residents. Source The post 13 Cuban soldiers dead after explosion at ammunition depot appeared first on News Talk 94.1/AM 1600.

The statement indicates that, “after several days of intense work” of the commission designated “to investigate the causes and conditions that gave rise to the event”, it was “able to determine that the possible cause that caused the event is associated with an electrical failure caused by a short circuit in the interior of the installation” It says, moreover, that, “from the extreme complexity that exists in the field resulting from the explosi…