Young Cuban dies in accident at explosives factory in Villa Clara

A young man, Yosley Hernandezdied this Friday after a tragic accident in a weapons and explosives factory in the municipality of La Campana in Manicaragua, Villa Clara Province, according to several social media reports.

According to a Facebook post by a user Hector Tol EtonHernández, 36, was the victim of an explosion in which a sample exploded. “He was hit by the force and died instantly,” the post said.

The post went on to say that “a colleague carried him until the ambulance arrived,” but unfortunately Hernández had already lost his life.

At the time of publication of this report, official state media had not yet reported on the tragic incident.

In a similar incident in May, two people died at the same location after an explosion in the general maintenance area. Among the dead was a well-known local refrigeration engineer named Freddy Toledo and his assistant, a young man in his early twenties named Marcos.

As for the cause of the accident, various comments in Manicaragua Facebook groups suggest that it was the explosion of a gas cylinder. Some mentioned oxygen, others nitrogen, but the most common version is that it was acetylene.