Fires

Firefighters, assisted by bulldozers, planes and helicopters, as well as police, helped evacuate several towns in the area including Georgetown, Volcanoville and Bottle Hill.

A study reveals that fires have destroyed approximately 3 million hectares each year since 2001.

Efforts to put out the fire only in the first two burning containers have not been successful, according to official Cuban media.

The incident began on Friday and could be partially controlled by emergency teams, but was reactivated by the winds this morning.

After this Monday at 6:50 p.m. a fire broke out in the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral -which was controlled around 3:30 a.m. and has already been completely extinguished after the work of 400 firefighters, according to the authorities, one of them slightly injured - the reactions have not been long in coming.