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HAVANA, April 10 (Ana Rosa Veitía, Grupo Decoro / www.cubanet.org) -
A fire that burned for more than 10 hours destroyed the sugar cane planted in
about 500 acres by the 'Fabián Cabrera' Basic Unit of Cooperative
Production in the city of Güines, south of Havana.
The burnt cane was assigned to the 'Osvaldo Sánchez' sugar mill and
the loss is estimated at 100,000 hundredweight.
A source linked to the Ministry of Agriculture said the environmental damage
to the surroundings could not be estimated immediately.
Several sugar industry workers confirmed the extent of the losses, adding
that a number of political and national police had been seen investigating at
the site. No official statement as to the cause of the fire has been released.
"The fire could have been caused, among other things, by the drought in
the area," said a local resident, who added that a few days before another
fire had been reported at the 'Carlos de la Rosa' Basic Unit of Cooperative
Production, also in Güines.
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