Havana, August 11 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel acknowledged the feat of the young firefighter officer Elier Correa Aguilar, who died after several days in the hospital.
On Twitter, he thanked the heroism shown by the forces working to extinguish the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base.
"Thanks to the prowess of men like him, the fire was brought under control. My condolences to his loved ones," Díaz-Canel tweeted.
Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, and Roberto Morales Ojeda, secretary of Organization of the Cuban Communist Party, expressed their grief and sent condolences to family and friends.