Fire At TV Marti Causes Damage To Central Newsroom
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — A fire caused some problems at the Miami Office of Cuba Broadcasting headquarters which had to be evacuated due to the trashcan fire that caused damage to the central newsroom.
The accidental fire was started Sunday by a cigarette left in a container in a designated smoking area outside the building in Miami.
Officials say heat from the blaze caused windows to break in the Radio and TV Marti newsroom. Smoke entered the building and set off the sprinklers. No one was hurt.
It could be a week or more before employees are able to return to the main newsroom. But the U.S. government-produced TV and radio broadcasts to Cuba are continuing.
TV Marti was created in 1990 to offer Cubans an alternative news source to state-controlled programming.
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