13 people are reportedly missing after a hotel explosion in Havana earlier today killed at least 8. Local officials say the hotel was undergoing renovations and no tourists were staying there at the time of the blast.
The Associated PressExplosion rocks downtown Havana hotel, with many fatalities, injuriesSeveral people were killed and more injured after an explosion at Hotel Saratoga in Havana, Cuba. The blast tore a hole several floors high into the side of the building.No tourists were staying at the 96-room Hotel Saratoga because it was undergoing renovations, Havana Gov. Reinaldo Garcia Zapata told the Communist Party newspaper Granma.
Cuba's national health minister, Jose Angel Portal, told The Associated Press that hospitals had received about 40 injured people, but estimated that the number could rise as the search continues for people who may be trapped between the debris of the 19th century structure in the Old Havana neighborhood of the city.
Photos showed much of the hotel's outer wall blown away, exposing interior rooms, with clouds of dust billowing into the sky. A school next door had been evacuated.Rescuers work to clear rubble after the explosion at the Saratoga Hotel in Havana. Officials said the hotel was undergoing renovations.
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