HAVANA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - A building partially collapsed in the Cuban capital Havana on Tuesday night, killing at least one person and leaving at least two others trapped beneath the rubble, the municipal government said.
The collapse in the Old Havana tourist district gutted the insides of the decrepit building that was home to 13 families and 54 people.
It wrenched terraces off its facade and trapped many people beneath piles of rubble and rebar.
One person had been killed and two others were hospitalized in critical condition, the municipal government said in a statement.
The building collapse is the latest in a series of disasters that have beset crisis-racked Cuba, including a gas explosion that destroyed Havana´s Saratoga Hotel in 2022 and a massive tank farm fire in Matanzas, an hour east of the capital, several months later.
Persons:
Rene Mesa Villafaña, Dave Sherwood, Angus MacSwan
Organizations:
Havana, Thomson
Locations:
HAVANA, Cuban, Old Havana, Cuba, Havana, Matanzas, U.S