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Hotel Saratoga explosion devastates icon of Cuban capital
View of the damaged facade of the Saratoga Hotel after an explosion in Havana, on May 6, 2022. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images) HAVANA - A powerful explosion badly damaged a hotel in the Cuban capital on Friday and officials reported at least eight people had died.The blast that ripped away large sections of the outer wall at the Hotel Saratoga, a 19th century structure in Old Havana, apparently was due to a gas leak, according to the Twitter account of the office of President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who went to the site.It said at least eight people had been killed and that search and rescue efforts were underway for people possible trapped.Photos showed much of the hotel's outer wall blown away, exposing interior rooms, with clouds of dust billowing into the sky.File (2017): The Saratoga hotel exterior facade with beautiful green old architecture.