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The event occurred on Friday, May 6, due to The morning, apparently from a leak when a tanker truck was refilling a hotel liquid gas tank. File photo
Only 8 of the 99 people injured in the explosion in the Saratoga hotel in Havana are still hospitalized, informed the this Tuesday the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP).
The eight injured -five adults and three minors- admitted to five Havana hospitals were They are reported in a “care” state. The daily report from the MINSAP recalls that another 45 patients were discharged after hospitalization.
Among the latest additions is that of the young Spaniard César Román Santalla, whowas on a trip with his partner, the also Spanish Cristina López- Cerón, one of the 46 people killed in the tragic accident. Román Santalla is already here. recovering in his native province of A Coruña.
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Both were in the vicinity of the Saratoga at the time of the fateful event that It was attributed to a liquefied gas leak when a truck was recharging a tank at the tourist facility located in the historic center of the Cuban capital.
The The explosion caused a section of the seven-story accommodation to collapse, and the facade of the first three floors to detach, causing a landslide on the sidewalk of the central Paseo del Prado avenue.
In addition to the destruction of the hotel, the impact of the blast wave damaged the another 17 adjoining buildings are undergoing an evaluation to determine if they can be recovered or should be demolished.
The Saratoga, one of the emblematic buildings in the area most visited by tourists who arrive in Havana, it was built in 1880 and since 1911 it has worked as a hotel. Its last restoration took place in 2005, when it underwent major rehabilitation.