The search for one of the chambermaids of the Saratoga Hotel who is still missing since the accident continues today, even in the surroundings of the building, as rescuers and other specialized forces have managed to reach 90% of the hotel's premises.

According to a statement issued by the Cuban Petroleum Enterprise (CUPET), the images of a fire currently making the rounds of the social networks have nothing to do with the Ñico López Refinery, as it actually broke out in a grocery store at the Guaicanamar Conference Center in Havana’s Regla municipality and was put out by firefighters.

Rescuers found the body of one of the two missing persons still unaccounted for amid the debris of the Saratoga hotel, Colonel Luis Carlos Guzman, chief of the Cuban Fire Department, said in statements to the media.

Cuban President and First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party, Miguel Diaz-Canel appreciated the message of condolences sent by China’s Xi Jinping for the fatal accident occurred at a Havana hotel, which claimed dozens of lives and injured many.

Five days after the accidental blast at Havana’s Saratoga Hotel, rescuers keep searching for missing people inside the partially collapsed building.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez acknowledged on Twitter the work of firefighters and rescuers currently working at the Saratoga Hotel, destroyed by a gas explosion last Friday.

Three people were injured in an explosion caused by a gas leak early this morning in a house in the municipality of Old Havana municipality, allegedly as a result of negligence, since a gas valve was left open at night.

The municipality of Old Havana gets ready to construct houses for the families affected by the explosion at the Saratoga Hotel on Friday, May 6, which damaged a number of nearby buildings.

The National Hotel of Cuba will host this Thursday a national workshop on the consultation process of the international meeting Stockholm+50, organized under the theme “A healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity”.

Officials of the Havana Manufactured Gas Enterprise (EGM) assured today that the service remains stable and safe despite the accidental explosion at the Saratoga Hotel while a tanker truck with liquefied gas was supplying the facility.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez visited the area around the Saratoga Hotel to learn about the onsite efforts to find anyone who might still be under the rubble after the tragic accident that occurred there five days ago.

The Office of the Historian of the City of Havana (OHC) is taking the first steps to salvage the seventeen buildings damaged by the explosion at the Saratoga Hotel.

Havana citizens, and workers donated canned food, toilet items, cloths, shoes, books, toys and other items to families and people affected by the accident occurred at Havana’s Saratoga Hotel last Friday.

Cuba’s Health Ministry on Tuesday evening reported a total of 43 deaths as a consequence of the accident occurred at Havana’s Saratoga Hotel, with one of the victims is still to be identified.

The Italy-Cuba National Friendship Association (ANAIC) announced a 10-thousand-Euro donation to support the Cuban government’s actions to deal with the emergency caused by the explosion of Havana’s Saratoga hotel, which claimed dozens of lives and injured many.