HAVANA (AP) – The death toll of a powerful explosion at a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital increased to 31 on Sunday evening as search crews with dogs hunted through the rubble of the iconic, 19th Century building looking for people still missing.
The Hotel Saratoga, a five-star 96-room hotel in Old Havana, was preparing to re-open after being closed for two years when an apparent gas leak ignited, blowing the outer walls into the busy, mid-morning streets just a block from the country’s Capitol building on Friday.
More details on Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin