As a result of the fire that occurred in a war material storage facility in the community of Melones, in the Holguín municipality of Rafael Freyre, thirteen people, including officers and soldiers, remain missing, the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces reported on its Facebook profile.
In a post on X, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel lamented the fire that broke in an army facility containing war material in the province of Holguín and offered his sympathies to the families of the 13 persons who disappeared as a result of the explosions that took place in the premises.
The change in energy matrix towards renewable energy sources is a priority in Cuba, due to it represents for sustainable development and sovereignty in generation, based on the reduction of the effects of climate change.
The areas affected in 2023 by the large-scale fire in Pinares de Mayari, in the Cuban eastern province of Holguín, are already showing signs of recovery, after an evaluation carried out by specialists of the Center for Research and Environmental Services of this territory.
Just hours before the end of 2024, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba, Manuel Marrero Cruz, returned to the municipality of Gibara, a territory that he represents in the National Assembly of People's Power, in his capacity as deputy, and with which he has maintained a close relationship throughout the year.