Havana cigar factory fire

[PeeJay]

Tragedy strikes in La Habana

http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=108434

[TJCoro]

Burn the muva' down!

Tragedy strikes in La Habana

http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=108434

Haha! I blame Obama!


Jay, Ray Jay

[nicwing]

I hope everyone got out safely. I bet it smelled great!

[Scott]

Very sad news but i bet it smelt nice!

[butternutsquashpie]

And my baby makes three!

I bet it smelled great!

i bet it smelt nice!

Terrible news but i bet it smelled brilliant!

I'm living up to the reputation of plonker

[TJCoro]

smoke in eyes

that is my view i hope all got out but i bet it smell good and nice lol

bb

[Sean]

That was the first thing i thought of. Wonder who the rolled for

[PeeJay]

That was the first thing i thought of. Wonder who the rolled for

I haven't been able to find out, perhaps a local producer.

[ValeTudoGuy]

Sad news, fires can destroy lives even if they don't kill..... That's peoples income to put a roof over their head and food on the table.

[Johnny Thunder]

Would something like this wipe out a full production of a certain cigar for the year, or are they spread around
more than one factory?

[rascal]

Would something like this wipe out a full production of a certain cigar for the year, or are they spread around
more than one factory?

Brands are made at all different factory's like the partagas factory don't just roll partagas and not all partagas are rolled there

[PeeJay]

Could it wipe out an entire vitola though, eg Epi #2s?

[Johnny Thunder]

Could it wipe out an entire vitola though, eg Epi #2s?

This is what I meant to say. I just worded it poorly.

[rascal]

Could it wipe out an entire vitola though, eg Epi #2s?

No to this as well just need to look at the variety of factory codes on epi 2s in 2014 the only exception could be behikes if you believe they are all rolled in the one place

[PeeJay]

My thanks to a brother on another forum who cleared up this story for us with the following and I quote

'That fire happened over a month ago.
Nobody injured, I'm sure there were some losses though.
A couple of things for anyone worried about cigar losses.
The name of the factory "Picadura de Cigarros"
The word "picadura" is used to describe chopped tobacco.
Also I have never seen the word "cigarros" used to describe cigars in Cuba. Spain yes, Cuba no. In Cuba, cigars are always referred to as "tabacos".
The word "cigarros" in Cuba is reserved solely for cigarettes.
So it was a cigarette factory that burned. Cubans smoke far more cigarettes than cigars.'