For the time being, “12 or 13 people” are still missing, according to the Cuban news agency.
Le Monde with AFP
The results of the violent accidental gas explosion, which blew Friday, May 6, the famous Saratoga hotel in Havana went on Monday, May 9 to 40, according to the Ministry of Health. At the end of the afternoon, the results were 54 people injured, 18 of whom are still hospitalized, and 40 deaths including four children and adolescents. Among the injured, six are still in critical state and seven in serious condition, according to the ministry.
In the morning, the emergency services had announced that they had released four bodies from the hotel’s rubble, which then brought the balance sheet to 35 dead. The four bodies found are those of employees of the hotel, according to the Cuban news agency (or ACN, for Agencia Cubana de Noticias, in Spanish), which specified at midday that “12 or 13 people” were Always missing.
research concentrated in the basements
Research continued late Monday, concentrating in the basements of the building, whose access is complicated by the presence of rubble. “This is a very dangerous step, due to the concentration of debris and the risk of collapse,” Colonel Luis Carlos Guzman, firefighters. IMG SRC = “Data: Image/SVG+XML,%3CSVG%20xmlns = ‘http: //www.w3.org/2000/svg’%20Viewbox=’0%200%20664%20443’%3e%3c/svg %3rd “Data-Srcset =” https://img.lemde.fr/2022/05/09/0/0/5000/3333/1328/0/45/0/6F7FD9A_899BB562E548481CB7232E45F3759DAA-239 : //img.lemde.fr/2022/05/09/0/0/5000/3333/664/0/75/0/6F7FD9A_899BB562E548481CB7232E45F3759DAAA-239A7115AF4D4D41E8CEFB4540C25 768px) 664px, 100vw “alt =” a member of the Cuban Red Cross is located at the scene of the Saratoga hotel in Havana, which left at least 40 dead. “Width =” 664 “Height = “443”>
According to the Ministry of Tourism, 51 employees were inside the building when the explosion occurred, apparently caused by a gas leak, while The hotel was supplied by a tanker truck. The first four floors of the 5 -star hotel were destroyed. A collection of donations for the victims and assistance to the rescuers has been launched.
The luxury hotel, emblematic of the center of Havana, had been closed for two years due to the pandemic and was preparing to reopen on Tuesday to the public, after work. The Saratoga is known to have welcomed several celebrities in recent years, including Mick Jagger, Beyoncé and Madonna. Built in 1880 to house stores, the building was transformed into a hotel in 1933 and became a luxury establishment in 2005.