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Powerful blast at Havana hotel kills at least 9, injures 40

A human chain unloads medical supplies at a blood bank to help those injured by a powerful explosion at the Saratoga Hotel, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 6, 2022. The explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak Friday, killed at least nine people and injured dozens when it blew away outer walls from the luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital. ( AP Photo/Ismael Francisco) Smoke and dust linger at the five-star Hotel Saratoga after a deadly explosion in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Emergency workers walk amid the rubble outside the five-star Hotel Saratoga after a deadly explosion in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Emergency workers with a stretcher stand amid the rubble outside the five-star Hotel Saratoga after a deadly explosion in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A taxi is buried in rubble at the site of the five-star Hotel Saratoga after a deadly explosion in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Rooms are exposed at the five-star Hotel Saratoga after a deadly explosion in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Rooms are exposed at the five-star Hotel Saratoga where emergency crew work after a deadly explosion in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Emergency workers and medics stand ready with an empty stretcher where a deadly explosion destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Powerful blast at Havana hotel kills at least 9, injures 40