# Breaking news: apparent natural gas explosion in Havana tourist hotel {2022-05-06}

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**Created:** [May 6, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-apparent-natural-gas-explosion-in-havana-tourist-hotel-2022-05-06/964078 "2022-05-06T18:06:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-apparent-natural-gas-explosion-in-havana-tourist-hotel-2022-05-06/964078/1 "2022-05-06T18:06:06Z")

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> **[26 dead in apparent gas explosion at hotel in Cuba](https://abcnews.go.com/International/dead-apparent-gas-explosion-hotel-cuba/story?id=84544508)**
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> Twenty-six people are dead, including four minors, from an explosion at a hotel in Havana, Cuba, apparently caused by a gas leak.

The hotel was unoccupied except for staff preparing to reopen after being closed for the past couple of years.

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-apparent-natural-gas-explosion-in-havana-tourist-hotel-2022-05-06/964078/2 "2022-05-07T16:56:35Z")

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A very beautiful building and I remember being impressed by it when I saw it. I spent an hour or two on the next block waiting to get into a restaurant on Valentine’s day. Turns out Cubans really like to go out to dinner on Valentine’s day.

> **[Saratoga Hotel - Reviews & Photos (Havana, Cuba) - Tripadvisor](https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g147271-d607380-Reviews-Saratoga_Hotel-Havana_Ciudad_de_la_Habana_Province_Cuba.html)**
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> Saratoga Hotel in Havana, Cuba: View Tripadvisor's 1,542 unbiased reviews, 1,483 photos, and special offers for Saratoga Hotel, #24 out of 428 Havana hotels.

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-apparent-natural-gas-explosion-in-havana-tourist-hotel-2022-05-06/964078/3 "2022-05-07T17:46:31Z")

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Unfortunately the death toll has gone way up from the 8 the OP cited.

> **[Authorities identified another victim of explosion at Havana hotel, death...](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article261205167.html)**
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> Efforts to find victims trapped by the rubble of the Hotel Saratoga in Havana, which was rocked by a powerful explosion Friday, continued throughout the day Saturday, bringing the death toll to 27.