Identified as the cause of the blast. for local residents, it was a horrific, surreal moment. they can scarcely believe the saratoga, once a favourite among visiting celebrities, has been left in ruins. translation: you could see people shouting, dust rising, the disaster. it was like a horror film, really. translation: i felt the clear explosion, a single boom, and i saw crystals cracking and falling and a white cloud of dust that would not go away. but i managed to close the door and i managed to get away in the opposite direction from danger, over here. siren wails. the authorities were quickly on the scene, ferrying the injured to local hospitals and searching the rubble for survivors, havana s overstretched emergency services being tested to their limits. the president, miguel diaz canel, also appeared to offer support and condolences. for some, the explosion brought back memories of the early 1990s, when radical anti castro groups from florida bombed a number of cuban hotels.
Identified as the cause of the blast. for local residents, it was a horrific, surreal moment. they can scarcely believe the saratoga, once a favourite among visiting celebrities, has been left in ruins. translation: you could see people shouting, dust rising, the disaster. it was like a horror film, really. translation: i felt the clear explosion, a single boom, and i saw crystals cracking and falling and a white cloud of dust that would not go away. but i managed to close the door and i managed to get away in the opposite direction from danger, over here. siren wails. the authorities were quickly on the scene, ferrying the injured to local hospitals and searching the rubble for survivors, havana s overstretched emergency services being tested to their limits. the president, miguel diaz canel, also appeared to offer support and condolences. for some, the explosion brought back memories of the early 1990s, when radical anti castro groups from florida bombed a number of cuban hotels.
Accident, though investigations were underway. more than 60 people have been injured. 0ur correspondent will grant reports. the saratoga hotel, a landmark in havana, reduced to rubble. its facade ripped clean off, the rooms of the 5 star hotel were exposed and its ornate lobby left a twisted pile of metal, marble and concrete. a gas tanker outside the building was quickly identified as the cause of the blast. for local residents, it was a horrific, surreal moment. they can scarcely believe the saratoga, once a favourite among visiting celebrities, has been left in ruins. translation: you could see people shouting, dust - rising, the disaster. it was like a horror film, really. translation: i felt the clear explosion, a single boom, - and i saw crystals cracking and falling and a white cloud of dust that would not go away. but i managed to close the door and i managed to get away
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