Source: CCTV news client
According to the latest information obtained by the reporter of the Central Radio and Television Station in Havana, the latest information obtained by the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, as of May 7, local time, the explosion of the hotel in Havana, the capital of Cuba, has caused 27 deaths and 81 injuries. The victims included 4 children, a pregnant woman and a Spanish citizen. At present, the search and rescue and clearance of the rubble is continuing.
A cordon has been raised 200 meters from the site of the incident
The day after the explosion at the Hotel in Havana, cuba, reporters from the main station returned to the scene again. A cordon has been raised on the side of the Capitol, 200 metres from the Saratoga hotel, where the bombing occurred, prohibiting vehicles and people from passing.
Search and rescue and debris clearance continue
At the scene of the accident hotel, search and rescue personnel, together with medical staff, firefighters and police, carried out uninterrupted search and rescue 24 hours after the explosion accident, and the staff carried several professionally trained search and rescue dogs into the scene to search, and a number of cranes and excavators were used at the scene to clean up the rubble.
This hotel has five floors above ground and two floors underground, and the investigation of the above ground part has been completed, and the search and rescue work is mainly concentrated on the two underground floors. The biggest difficulty in the current search and rescue work is how to safely reach every corner of the ground for investigation. It is understood that there are still more than a dozen missing people in this accident, and the possibility of finding more survivors is not ruled out.
Nearby schools are being reinforced by the explosion and staff are being reinforced
At the time of the explosion, more than 300 students were attending classes in the school across the street from the hotel, and the huge explosion caused the doors and windows on the side of the school to shatter, causing minor injuries to 5 students. On-site staff are reinforcing the school walls to keep the school building safe.
(Reporter Hou Jiaqi)
(Source: CCTV News Client)