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Fire at Cuba fuel depot leaves 67 injured: hospital
Fire at Cuba fuel depot leaves 67 injured: hospital
by  AFP

A fire at a fuel depot in western Cuba sparked by a lightning strike has injured more than 60 people, three of them critically, officials said Saturday. The fire spread early Saturday from one fuel tank to a second, sending a huge plume of black smoke into the sky.

Spain battles northwest wildfires
Spain battles northwest wildfires
by  AFP

Spanish firefighters on Saturday struggled to contain wildfires that have ravaged large tracts in the northwest, as a third summer heat wave grips the country. They have eased since, but were expected to remain around 35C across much of the country on Saturday.

Hoare's golden roar as Australian wins shock 1500m title at Commonwealths
Hoare's golden roar as Australian wins shock 1500m title at Commonwealths
by  AFP

Australia's Oliver Hoare shocked world champion Jake Wightman and Kenya's Timothy Cheruiyot to win 1500m gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday. But Jamaican high-jumper Lamara Distin (1.95 metres) denied Australia a golden treble, taking gold ahead of Australia's recently crowned world champion Eleanor Patterson (1.92).

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