A fire in an apartment in the 18-story building on Avenida Martí in Santiago de Cuba occurred this Sunday afternoon.
In images shared by the independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labradaemergency crews had responded to the scene and apparently had the flames under control.
According to the communicator, The affected apartment is B on the sixth floorof this property located on Paseo de Martí and Avenida de Los Libertadores in Santiago de Cuba.
The source itself claimed not to know the magnitude of the fire, as well as whether there are injured people or the origin of this incident.
Residents of the building’s apartments were evacuated for safety, he added.
Neighbors of that eastern province said in the comments that the fire brigade that came to put out the fire was number 4, belonging to the Vista Alegre neighborhood.
In the shared images it was possible to see how The smoke was visible from distant areas of the city.
Recently, a home located in Santa Úrsula between streets 5 and 6 in the Flores neighborhoodalso in Santiago de Cuba, suffered a medium-sized fire.
Images published by Mayeta Labrada himself showed the moment when firefighters put out the flames coming from inside the house.
Apparently there were no injuries although there was material damage, as could be seen in several published photos.
