Cuban authorities said 21 adults and a child are confirmed dead and that 50 adults and 14 minors were injured.
Cuban authorities said 21 adults and a child are confirmed dead and that 50 adults and 14 minors were injured and being treated at local hospitals after Friday’s explosion caused by a gas leak at the Hotel Saratoga,“This wasn’t a bomb or an attack, it was a lamentable accident,” said Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who rushed to the scene along with other high-ranking Cuban officials. “Our most heartfelt condolences…to the families and those close to the victims.
The five-story hotel was undergoing repairs and no tourists were inside, the state-run newspaper Granma reported. It had been scheduled to reopen on May 10. The blast nevertheless set off a brief wave of panic through historic downtown Havana neighborhood, which has gradually begun reopening to tourists after the pandemic devastated Cuba’s travel sector.A person is carried away on a stretcher after a powerful explosion at the Saratoga Hotel in Havana on May 6, 2022.The five-star Hotel Saratoga is heavily damaged after an explosion in Havana, Cuba on May 6, 2022.
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