www.chinaview.cn 2008-04-09 08:42:13
HAVANA, April 8 (Xinhua) -- One fireman died and nine other people
were injured due to a large fire that started on Monday afternoon at "El
Encanto" store in Camaguey city, in eastern Cuba, Cuban press reported
Tuesday.
Over 500 men from the Interior Ministry and the Revolutionary Armed
Forces fought the fire for over six hours until they finally
extinguished it.
However, the flames destroyed the two-story department store, the
biggest in the province.
Jesus Garcia, head of the civil defense, said the fire was the
worst in Cuba in 30 years.
Officials were investigating the cause of the fire. Fires are not
frequent in Cuba and most of them occurred in forest regions in drought
seasons.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/09/content_7943706.htm
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