The death toll for a violent explosion that tore through a luxury 19th century hotel in Cuba’s capital has climbed to at least 31 people, while firefighters and dogs continued to comb rubble to try and locate any more survivors.
Alexis Acosta, the mayor of Havana’s old quarter, told reporters that the search-and-rescue operation would not stop until every missing person had been located, alive or not, from The Hotel Saratoga.
