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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Cuba explosion: last body recovered from Havana hotel ruin, taking toll to 45

Rescue workers in front of the Hotel Saratoga in Havana which was wrecked by a blast on 6 May.
Rescue workers in front of the Hotel Saratoga in Havana which was wrecked by a blast on 6 May. Photograph: Ramón Espinosa/AP

Cuban rescue workers have recovered the body of the 45th and last person believed missing after an explosion blew the sides off a luxury hotel in historic Havana.

The blast on 6 May at the five-star Hotel Saratoga – a block from the city’s famous Capitol building, in a renovated area of Havana popular with tourists – left more than 100 people trapped, killed or injured. Fifteen remain hospitalised.

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