By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada:Β A powerful explosion apparently caused by a gas leak killed at least 18 people, including a pregnant woman and a child, and injured dozens Friday when it blew away outer walls from a luxury hotel in the heart of Cuba's capital.
50 adults and 14 children were hospitalized after the blast,Β and that families in buildings near the hotel affected by the explosion had been moved to safer locations.
Blast was caused by a truck that had been supplying natural gas to the hotel, but did not provide details on how the natural gas ignited.
Cuba's national health minister, Jose Angel Portal, told the number of injured could rise as the search continues for people who may be trapped in the rubble of the 19th-century structure in the Old Havana neighbourhood of the city.
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