A lightning strike has caused a fire at an oil storage facility in Cuba, and the flames are out of control.
Four explosions have been reported at the site in the city of Matanzas and nearly 80 people have been injured.
Seventeen firefighters who were in a nearby area and were trying to stop the spread of the fire have gone missing.
The Cuban government has asked for help from international experts from “friendly countries” with experience in the oil sector.
As helicopters flew overhead to drop water, a thick plume of black smoke billowed from the site and spread west toward the capital, Havana.
The storage facility is equipped with eight giant tanks that hold oil that is used to power the electricity generating plants.
Lightning initially struck one tank, but the fire later spread to a second, and the crash comes as Cuba continues to struggle with fuel shortages.
Adiel González, who is nearby, said: “I was in the gym when I heard the first explosion. A column of smoke and a terrible fire rose through the sky.”
The neighborhood of Dubrocq, which is the closest to the fire, has now been evacuated, and some choose to leave the neighborhoods a little further away.
Mantanzas is home to a population of around 140,000 people, and on Saturday President Miguel Díaz-Canel traveled to the area.