Javier Martínez, a Havana official, told reporters early Monday that the bodies of four hotel workers were found overnight.
And he mentioned the official death toll given the night before by health officials, of 31.
“There’s about a group of 12, 13 people that should be left to show up,” Martinez said after consulting with the outgoing shift of night rescuers on the Saratoga.
Before dawn Monday, heavy machinery continued to clear mounds of debris, clearing access to the facility’s basement, where officials said they hope to find survivors.
Few lucky people made it out of the building alive after the explosion that caused chaos in the middle of the accident.
“I had no idea what was happening,” Guillermo Díaz, head of security at the hotel, who was injured, told the local press.
“I started to struggle a bit, I managed to get out. I had wounds on my forehead, on my head. I had no strength and many companions by my side, I tried to help them, but it was totally in vain,” he added.
In addition to the human toll, the explosion severely damaged two adjoining apartment buildings and also 17 structures within a two-block radius.
Local authorities said 85 people were injured, four of the dead were children. One of the dead was a Spanish tourist and another a pregnant woman, according to official reports.
The neoclassical-style hotel had been closed and only workers were inside at the time of the explosion, Cuban officials said.
Source: Ambito
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