Seventeen missing and 121 hurt as fire rages in Cuban oil tank farm

Seventeen missing and 121 hurt as fire rages in Cuban oil tank farm
(Ramon Espinosa/AP)

A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility is raging uncontrolled in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing.

Cuban authorities said an unidentified body had been found late on Saturday.

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