Tank container explosion in Manzanillo injures five

The explosion of a gasoline tank container at Azutecnia’s T-22 Workshop in Manzanillo, Granma, injured five people.

The condition report released by Yudelkis Ortiz Barceló, first secretary of the Communist Party in Granma, listed one patient in critical condition, two seriously injured and two under observation. All five were taken to Celia Sánchez Manduley Provincial Hospital.

Initial reports mentioned two people with minor burns whose lives were not in danger. The number rose as crews worked to extinguish the fire. Ortiz Barceló went to the site with provincial and municipal political and government authorities.