Cuba explosion: Video shows explosion at fuel depot

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[Brave_New_Tube]

Oh boy, yet another of the dozens of fuel/food/energy/etc facilities being suddenly and mysteriously destroyed in the last few months alone. Man, that's just some *real bad luck, * isn't it?

[Rickenbacker]

Lightening strike caused a storage tank fire which spread to a second tank while fire fighters were operating. An explosion prolly a BLEVE ( boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion ) went off with 17 firefighters missing and another 15 taken to the hospital. 1, 000 people evacuated.

[high-intelligence]

Prayers to the families, and those that may have gotten injured or killed. Very tragic!

[salvadordolly]

You never stiff the big guy out of his 10% capiche

[theofficialsoldierthatreviews]

Something has been going on in Cuba, this is the 3-4 explosion in as many weeks

[AngelDiaz-lsph]

The sad truth is that they aren’t even firefighters but teenagers who are forcefully serving in the service and just basically thrown into the fire.Might as well just spit on it and hope it goes out considering the equipment they have.

[erolgenlik]

What a damage for poor country...I am so

[jedalexander]

Tell Tony to stop rolling those cigars in the break room.

[guitarandmore]

That's some very informative reporting right there...

[freewaygodzilla]

Convenient how this is happening everywhere

[carloscolon]

Mis oraciones a Dios Todopoderoso para que ayude a mis hermanos Cubanos.

[tstahler]

They don't build safeguards into the design to defend against lightning strikes?

[meatpopsicle]

You know the State news media will blame us for this....

[drifterproductions]

That smoke is super dark.
That was a pretty big explosion. It made me remember the Beirut blast that I almost forgot about. I'm going to go watch the videos from Beirut again, I remember those being pretty epic!
See ya guys there! 💥🔥😮☹️

[donaldgarin]

NOW LETS TALK ABOUT POLLUTING THE AIR GOOD JOB YOU MADE IT SO MUCH CLEANER ...

[johnaustin]

Well, that's convenient for The Big Guy.

[headshaker]

And fuel prices now go up .70 cents in the US……..

[bushguy]

When you accidentally trigger the tactical nuke:

[LeonBosset]

People, stop shooting in portrait mode!

[tegaidayt]

That carbon! Realize that is what is used every week in one go.