Oil tanks in Cuba go up in flames after lightning strike triggers huge explosions
Oil tanks in Cuba go up in flames after lightning strike triggers huge explosions
Firefighters are still battling to contain the inferno 80 miles east of Havana (Picture: AFP/Twitter)
Huge plumes of thick smoke have been rising into the air since last night after a lightning strike in Cuba set two large oil storage tanks ablaze.
The first container burned through the night, and the inferno later spread to a second, which exploded this morning.
Civilians had already been…