Jose Angel Portal Miranda, Cuban minister of public health, reviewed today the actions planned for when the fire at the Supertanker Base in Matanzas is extinguished, together with anthropologists, speciaaists from legal medicine and experts from the Ministry of the Interior.

Heavy equipment was brought today to the main area of the fire at the Supertanker Base in Matanzas to start working as soon as possible, in a day that is expected to be different from previous ones.

Lieutenant Colonel Alexandes Avalos Jorge, second chief of the National Extinction Department of the Cuban Fire Department, informed today that the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base is in a different situation than in previous days, but it is still very complex and difficult.

The Bourbon Artabaze, a fire-fighting vessel, arrived this morning in Matanzas Bay.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, highlighted today the effort and determination of those involved in the work to contain the large-scale fire affecting the supertanker base in Matanzas.

With the priority of protecting human resources, work continues today to contain the fire at the supertanker base in Matanzas, said the governor of the province, Mario Sabines Lorenzo.

We have all the evidence that there is an important natural affectation, an evaluation of the effects of the fire on the soil, water and biodiversity is being made, said Elba Rosa Perez Montoya, Cuban minister of science, technology and environment ( CITMA by its Spanish acronym).

The Lightning Protection Systems ( LPS) are designed and executed by Cuban professionals and companies that have the corresponding certification from the Fire Protection Agency (APCI by its Spanish acronym), said a specialist in the issue in Havana.

Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, deputy foreign minister, thanked the many offers of support by individuals and organizations in the United States in view of the complex situation that persists in the Matanzas Industrial Zone.

 Mario Sabines Lorenzo, governor of the province of Matanzas, updated on the work being undertaken in the Industrial Zone of that territory to extinguish the large-scale fire at the Supertanker Base.

A containment fence is created to tank number three so that the fire does not spread if a higher fire occurs, said Susely Morfa Gonzalez, president of the provincial Defense Council in Matanzas, in a direct message on Facebook.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said today that solidarity aid continues coming to the country to control the fire in the industrial zone of the province of Matanzas.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, called today admirable the performance of the helicopter pilots of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), who have flown over the darkest and hottest area of the fire in the industrial zone of Matanzas.

A third fuel tank at the Matanzas supertanker base collapsed after the second tank spilled, further compromising the situation.

Governments, solidarity groups, organizations and Cubans living abroad are sending messages of support to Cuba after the large-scale fire in the industrial zone of Matanzas province.