Cuba’s state-run media said no deaths had been reported.
"We are closely following the confrontation with the fire in the industrial zone. We trust the authorities of the brave province, the brave firefighters, and the CUPET workers," tweeted President Miguel Díaz-Canel, referring to the state-owned Cuba Oil Union.Cuba's state-run media said no deaths had been reported. The massive fire comes at a time when Cuba faces a deepening energy crisis amid fuel shortages.
"No human losses, injuries or fuel spillage into the sea were reported after the fire," tweeted Cuba's Ministry of Energy and Mines. Read MoreAn electrical discharge at the base of the oil tank, which stores crude oil, caused the fire, according to Susely Morfa González, the first secretary of the Community Party of Cuba in the province of Matanzas.
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