FROM
CUBA
House burns to the ground as no one answers
fire station phone in Havana
HAVANA, January 16 (www.cubanet.org) -
A wooden house burned to the ground this
week in the Cerro district of Havana when
no one answered the telephone at the fire
station.
The fire was caused by a short circuit
while the owners were absent. The pair are
serving jail sentences for common crimes.
When neighbors failed to contact the fire
department, one of the rode his motorcycle
there and personally requested help. Two
fire trucks arrived and sprayed foam on
the house, but by then it was too late to
save it.
"We feared the fire would spread to
other houses," one neighbor said.
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