There are 31 adults and 15 minors hospitalized, some in critical condition. The explosion apparently occurred when a tanker truck was delivering liquefied gas to the hotel. The deflagration has damaged 23 buildings.
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at least 32 people have died, including 4 children, and another 80 have been injured after the powerful burst what has caused this friday serious damage in the emblematic Saratoga Hotel from Havanalocated in the center of the Cuban capital, near the Capitol, as confirmed by the Cuban authorities.
Likewise, the last updated balance sheet figures in 31 adults and 15 minors hospitalized. Some of them are in critical condition.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Spain has notified this Saturday, that a Galician tourist is among the fatalities and her boyfriend is in critical condition. Born in 1992, he and she in 1993, they currently resided in the town hall of As Pontes de García Rodríguez (A Coruña). The young woman was a native of Viveiro (Lugo) The boy is fighting for his life right now, after undergoing emergency surgery, municipal sources have indicated.
The two tourists were in the outside of the hotel when the shock wave hit them, according to diplomatic sources. The Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, has transferred his condolences to the families of both:
Tragic news reaches us from Cuba. A Spanish tourist has died and another Spanish citizen is seriously injured after the explosion of the Saratoga hotel.
All our love for their families and those of all the victims and injured. Our support also to the Cuban people.
– Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) May 7, 2022
The explosion occurred minutes before 11:00 yesterday (local time) -5:00 p.m. in Euskal Herria-, when a tanker truck served liquefied gas to the Saratoga hotel.
In it inside of the hotel there was only one team of employeeswho worked in the set-up of the property for its reopening on May 10, after being closed for two years due to the pandemic.
Students evacuated and 23 buildings damaged
The children of the school next to the hotel facility, with more than 390 students, were evacuated after the explosion and taken to their relatives. Among the students there are at least five wounded, according to the Cuban media.
Due to the explosion, at least 23 buildings in the area have been damagedincluding 17 blocks of flats, two of which have been severely affected structurally.
The President of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canelhas traveled to the scene of the event accompanied by the Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero and the president of the National Assembly of Cuba, Stephen Lazowhich has confirmed that “indeed it was not a bomb or an attack”, but an “unfortunate accident”.
The Cuban Presidency has disseminated several photographs through social networks in which the president can be seen at the scene of the events, as well as in health centers in the area, where he has visited some of the wounded.
Source: Eitb
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