Explosion At Luxury Hotel Kills 22 And Injures Dozens

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A member of a rescue team searches for survivors at the site of a deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba. A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least 18 people, including a pregnant woman and a child, and injured dozens Friday when it blew away outer walls from the luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital.

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A member of a rescue team recovers a Cuban national flag at the site of a deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba. A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least 18 people, including a pregnant woman and a child, and injured dozens Friday when it blew away outer walls from the luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital.

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Rescue teams remove debris from the site of a deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba. A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least 18 people, including a pregnant woman and a child, and injured dozens Friday when it blew away outer walls from the luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital.

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Firefighters spray a tanker truck with water in order to cool it down as they remove it from the site of a deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba. A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least 18 people, including a pregnant woman and a child, and injured dozens Friday when it blew away outer walls from the luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital.

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Rescue teams search for survivors at the site of a deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba. A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least 18 people, including a pregnant woman and a child, and injured dozens Friday when it blew away outer walls from the luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital.

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A portrait adorns a wall in the living room of a home destroyed by a deadly explosion at the nearby five-star Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba. A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least 18 people, including a pregnant woman and a child, and injured dozens Friday when it blew away outer walls from the luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital.

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Firefighters spray a tanker truck with water in order to cool it down as they remove it from the site of a deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba. A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak killed at least 18 people, including a pregnant woman and a child, and injured dozens Friday when it blew away outer walls from the luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital.

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Rooms are exposed at the five-star Hotel Saratoga after a deadly explosion in Old Havana, Cuba.

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A taxi is buried in rubble at the site of the five-star Hotel Saratoga after a deadly explosion in Old Havana, Cuba.

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Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero visit the site after an explosion hit the Hotel Saratoga, in Havana, Cuba. A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak Friday, killed at least nine people and and injured dozens when it blew away outer walls from the luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital.