26 dead as search for survivors of Cuba hotel blast continues

Rescue teams remove debris from the site (Ramon Espinosa/AP)

Relatives of the missing in Cuba’s capital searched on Saturday for victims of an explosion at one of Havana’s most luxurious hotels that killed at least 26 people.

They checked the morgue, hospitals and if unsuccessful, they returned to the partially collapsed Hotel Saratoga, where rescuers used dogs to hunt for survivors.