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1. Sixty-seven people are injured after a lightning strike causes a fire near the supertanker port in Matanzas, Cuba.
   2022-08-07 08:00:11 (First version)
2. One person is killed and at least 121 others are injured after a lightning strike causes a fire near the supertanker port in Matanzas, Cuba.
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