Dr. Jorge Gonzalez Perez, forensic expert in charge of the multidisciplinary team tasked with searching for and identifying the remains of those missing in the fire at the Matanzas supertanker base, said today at a press conference that it was impossible to establish the exact identity of the more than 700 bone fragments of the 14 victims found on site and offered his condolences to their families and friends, who will be therefore unable to claim any unidentified remains.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel declared official mourning in Cuba from August 8th at 06:00 hours till August 9th at 12:00 hours as tribute to those who fell in duty during the massive fire that affected a supertankers oil depot in the western province of Matanzas earlier this month.

The Cuban people will pay tribute to their countrymen who died during the fire that affected the Supertankers oil depot in western Matanzas province next Friday, August 19 at a funeral service for those fell in duty.

Cuban Premier Manuel Marrero said on Wednesday that the developed nations should honor their compromises related to the financing of actions to mitigate climate change.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero met on Wednesday with his counterpart from Grenada Dickson Mitchell to address Cuba’s intention to keep the historic cooperation links that unites the two Caribbean nations under the principle of solidarity.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez thanked today his Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador for the timely, effective and necessary assistance provided to the Island during the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base and stated Cuba's respect, admiration and affection for the true example of solidarity set by the Mexican people and government.

“Despite the pain for the lives lost, there were days of great altruism during the fire at the supertanker base, and the University of Matanzas was one of those places where the principles of the Cuban people were ratified,” said Yasnier Hinojosa, professor of this institution and head of its Institutional Communication Department.

Workers at the Encanto Velasco Hotel, in the city of Matanzas, were tasked with the care of relatives of those missing in the fire that broke out on August 5 at the local Supertanker Base.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez thanked his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro for the help offered to fight the fire that recently broke out in the Supertanker Base of the province of Matanzas.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said there is hard work to do over the next few days at the industrial zone and oil depot affected by a massive fire earlier this month in this city.

The prime ministers of Barbados, Mia Mottley, and Cuba, Manuel Marrero, ratified their willingness to keep deepening bilateral cooperation between their countries.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero and Roosevelt Skerrit, Premier of the Commonwealth of Dominica met on Tuesday and ratified their willingness to advance bilateral cooperation projects.

Cuban authorities expressed their gratefulness to the Dominican Republic for a series of humanitarian donations aimed at supporting the medical assistance of the people injured by the recent fire that affected a supertankers oil depot in the western province of Matanzas.

The Cuban Red Cross Society thanked its Chinese counterpart for a 150-thousand dollar donation to help face the consequences of a massive fire that affected a supertankers oil depot in the western province of Matanzas earlier this month.

A part of the area affected by the fire in the industrial zone is now in a clear recovery, said Susely Morfa Gonzalez, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in the province of Matanzas, during a working meeting.