Cuba: Major fire at the Santa Cruz thermal power plant

The current situation implies a significant shortfall in electricity availability compared to the country's needs: while the peak demand is estimated at around 2900 MW for the day, only 740 MW are available due to the damage caused by the fire.

According to Martí Noticias, the Santa Cruz thermal power plant has been taken offline following this incident. Although the fire is now under control and no casualties have been reported so far, it is impossible to accurately estimate how long it will remain out of service.