MIAMI, United States. – An explosion due to the handling of refrigerant gas, which occurred in Old Havana around midnight this Tuesday, caused the death of one person and injured another, confirmed the official site cubadebate after the appearance of several reports on social networks.
The outlet specified that the accident had occurred in the old Carpentry Workshop on Aguacate Street No. 466, “due to the manipulation of two people who were dedicated to repairing refrigerators.”
For his part, the official journalist Lázaro Manuel Alonso indicated on his Facebook wall that, according to the testimony of a firefighter present in the area of the accident, the accident was caused by “the explosion of a small bottle of oxygen.”
“Those involved were refrigeration equipment mechanics. One person died and another received serious injuries,” the official spokesperson said.
The injured person was transferred to the “Calixto García” Hospital, indicated the official sources.
Given the recent explosions reported in Old Havana, cubadebate insisted that the accident was caused by “a refrigerant gas leak and not street gas.”
Also on February 13 he exported an explosion at the Caribbean hotel, located on Prado and Colón, due to an alleged gas leak.
Earlier, in May 2022, another explosion that occurred in Old Havana left three people injured, including a minor. According to the mayor of that municipality, Alexis Acosta Silva, the explosion was due to an alleged negligence committed by the owner of the house.
The events occurred around 4:30 am on Tuesday, May 11, at the house located at Calle San Nicolás, No. 952, according to the official.
The news of these accidents due to gas leaks have immediately gone viral, less than a year after the tragedy at the saratoga hotelfor which 99 people were injured and 47 died (25 men and 22 women).
The explosion, which according to Alexis Acosta Silva, mayor of Old Havana, took place when a liquefied gas bullet was being used in the hotel, caused the entire façade of the building, located in front of the Havana Capitol, to fly into the air. .
The fatalities were mainly hotel workers who were inside the building at the time, and people passing by in the surrounding area. Most of the dead were Cubans, except for one spanish tourist that he was on vacation on the island and was walking, at that moment, through one of the streets surrounding the building.
