The World - News from Sept. 5, 1985
A major fire broke out in a munitions storage dump near Havana and killed nine workers, civil defense officials said. They said the victims are all believed to be military personnel. The Cuban government news agency Prensa Latina reported that the fire, “of considerable proportions,” broke out in the dump in the Jaruco-San Jose area of Havana province, a few miles from the capital.
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