Balishumi elinesixhenxe abantu abalahlekileyo kwaye abangama-17 bonzakele, abathathu kubo bekwimeko emaxongo, sisiphumo somlilo omkhulu oqale ngorhatya lwangolwesiHlanu kwisikhululo sase-Supertanker eMatanzas, eCuba, ngenxa yokuphuma kombane okuhlasele i- itanki ye-77 cubic metres yeoyile ekrwada.
URigel Rodríguez Cubells, umlawuli weMatanzas Territorial Fuel Marketing Division, wachaza ukuba i-Supertanker Base-enetanki ezisibhozo-inenkqubo yentonga yombane, kodwa kubonakala ukuba ukukhutshwa kwakuphezulu kunokuba kunokukhusela.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, abasemagunyeni abazange bakwazi ukucima umlilo, oye wasasazeka kwi-tank yesine yokugcina i-fuel. Iphephandaba laseGirón, iphephandaba lasekuhlaleni lathi: “Amandla amadangatye asenamandla kwaye anokubonwa kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo esixekweni.
Ngoku siyayishiya indawo yomlilo eMatanzas. Oku kugcina itanki yamafutha ivuliwe kwaye kunciphisa ukupholisa kwamanzi kwitanki yamafutha ekufutshane, ukunciphisa amathuba okusasazeka komlilo. Kwakhona abaCimi boMlilo benza izinto ezintle. pic.twitter.com/ZHclPo1JET
– Manuel Marrero Cruz (@MMarreroCruz) Agasti 6, 2022
Ukufuduka
Ngokutsho kwentatheli uMario J. Pentón, abemi besi sixeko baphuma ngeendlela zabo kuba besoyika ukuba umlilo uya kunwenwa yaye bephepha nomonakalo obangelwe ziigesi ezinetyhefu esele zigubungele inxalenye enkulu yesibhakabhaka salo mmandla. eHavana, ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezilikhulu ukusuka emlilweni.
Abasemagunyeni eCuba basebenzise iiyunithi ezininzi zokuhlangula kunye nezokuhlangula. Kwimifanekiso emininzi, iihelikopta zinokubonwa zilayisha amanzi kwi-bay ukuzama ukupholisa iitanki ezikufutshane nendawo etshisiweyo. Nangona kunjalo, umsebenzi awuzange uphumelele, umlilo awusalawuleki kwaye, ngenxa yesi sizathu, urhulumente waseCuba ucele uncedo kunye neengcebiso kumazwe anamava kwioli.
“Uncedo lwamazwe ngamazwe luyafuneka. Imifanekiso indikhumbuza iChernobyl. Ndicebisa bonke abantu abasuka eMatanzas ukuba bangayi ndawo ukuze bazisindise kwiigesi ezinetyhefu,” walumkisa uPentón, intatheli yaseCuba ezinze eMiami.
Kucingelwa ukuba abalahlekileyo, ubukhulu becala, abantu abancinci phakathi kwe-17 kunye ne-19 leminyaka ubudala, abachitha inkonzo yabo yasemkhosini kwiiyunithi zokuhlangula kunye nokuhlangula, kwaye bathunyelwa ukuba bacime umlilo.
