MÉRIDA, Mexico -. With delays and with two fewer tanks to lift than initially planned, the reconstruction of the Matanzas Supertanqueros base is underway after the fire in August 2022.
“Welding work continues to mark the critical path in the construction of tank 88 at the Supertanqueros base,” says a report from the official newspaper. local Gironwhich is supported by a Facebook post from the Base Business Unit (UEB) Matanzas Territorial Fuel Marketing Division.
Furthermore, Bárbaro Siska Viciedo, director of the Petroleum Maintenance Company, explained that in the space of the four destroyed tanks there will now be only two, which will make it possible, for example, to gain distance.
Also, they affirm that the buckets will be prepared to comfortably retain all of the fuel in the event of a spill.
In January 2023, a report from Granma He assured that the reconstruction work on tank 88 would be completed in April 2024 as planned, although the total reconstruction would take about four years.
At that time, there was talk of the recovery of the four damaged tanks.
“According to experts, the execution strategy will allow the lost storage capacity of 200,000 cubic meters to be recovered within four years,” stated the official media.
The non-existence of the security measures that were now being talked about, essential in places like this, led to the magnitude of the incident at the Supertanker Base, where 146 people were injured and 17 died, of them 14 firefighters, of whom were not reported. He was able to identify their bodies.
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2024-04-07 15:27:03
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