Death toll hits 30 after explosion hits five-star hotel in Havana

Death toll hits 30 after explosion hits five-star hotel in Havana
Red Cross and rescue teams wait to enter the site of a deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 6, 2022. A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least 18 people, including a pregnant woman and a child, and injured dozens Friday when it blew away outer walls from the luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Search crews with dogs are hunting through the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital for survivors of an apparent gas explosion as officials raised the number of known dead to 30.

The Hotel Saratoga, a five-star 96-room hotel in Old Havana, had been preparing to reopen after being closed for two years when an apparent gas leak caused a massive explosion on Friday.

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