Hotel Saratoga explosion in Cuba, May 2022 (video screenshot)
(FOX NEWS) – A massive explosion at the Hotel Saratoga in Havana, Cuba on Friday has left at least eight dead, the country's government says.
Search and rescue operations at the luxury property – where up to 13 are reported missing – remain ongoing as "people may still be trapped," it added.
"Preliminary investigations indicate that the explosion was caused by a gas leak," Cuba’s government said in a tweet. Local health officials confirmed eight people have died and 30 were injured in the blast.
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