More bodies recovered after Cuba hotel explosion

Relatives of people still missing in an explosion of a luxury hotel in Cuba's capital clung on to hope their loved ones might still be found alive.

More bodies were pulled from the ruins of the Hotel Saratoga on Monday, bringing the official death toll to 35 with 20 injured patients still hospitalized.

The 96-room, five-star hotel in Old Havana, was preparing to reopen after being closed for two years when an apparent gas leak ignited, blowing the outer walls into the busy, midmorning streets just a block from the country’s Capitol building on Friday.

Several nearby structures also were damaged, including the historic Marti Theater and the Calvary Baptist Church, headquarters for the denomination in western Cuba.