Raging fire consumes four of the eight tanks at Cuba oil storage facility

Flames engulfed a fourth tank at an oil storage facility in western Cuba on Tuesday as the raging fire consumes critical fuel supplies on an island grappling with a growing energy crisis.

Firefighters and specialists from Mexico and Venezuela helped fight the blaze in the province of Matanzas with boats, planes and helicopters as they sprayed foam on the containers, a first for crews since broiling temperatures had prevented them from doing so earlier.

Cuban President Miguel Daz-Canel said crews have taken control of the area where the fire is burning and are taking further steps to quell it.

They are not easy tasks, he said. It is an intense and complex incident.