Gas blast rocks Canaries hotel

Five people were seriously injured in a gas explosion at a tourist hotel on the Canary island of Gran Canaria today.

Four staff and a guest were caught in the blast as a truck was delivering propane to the Cordial Mogan Playa hotel in the south-west of the island.

A fire broke out and affected part of the building.

The hotel’s nearly 1,000 guests were evacuated.

There were no immediate details on the cause of the blast or the nationalities of the injured.