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Fire guts three houses in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, September 22 (Ariel Delgado,
UPECI / www.cubanet.org) - A house fire
in the Atarés section of Havana spread
to two contiguous structures and gutted
them all, despite their masonry construction.
There were no reports of victims.
A fire department officer at the scene
said the investigation into the causes would
begin forthwith. Neighbors said the occupants
cooked with a kerosene stove.
According to government figures, there
are about 40,000 homes in Havana that don't
have gas cooking facilities and whose occupants
use kerosene stoves to cook.
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