Explosion at Luxury Havana Hotel Kills 22, Injures Dozens

Explosion at Luxury Havana Hotel Kills 22, Injures Dozens
Rooms are exposed at the five-star Hotel Saratoga where emergency crew work after a deadly explosion in Old Havana, Cuba, on May 6, 2022. Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo
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HAVANA—A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least 22 people, including a child, and injured dozens Friday when it blew away outer walls from a luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital.

No tourists were staying at Havana’s 96-room Hotel Saratoga because it was undergoing renovations, Havana Gov. Reinaldo García Zapata told the Communist Party newspaper Granma.