DEATH TOLL CLIMBS AS RESCUERS SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS

Cuban rescue workers combed through rubble from the Hotel Saratoga early Monday, uncovering four more bodies after the hotel was hit by an explosion and bringing the death toll to at least 31, a local official said. The massive blast Friday at the five-star hotel in historic Havana, blew the side off the hotel and collapsed its lower floors, leaving dozens trapped, killed or injured. Officials say a gas leak caused the explosion. Javier Martinez, a Havana city official, told reporters on Monday morning that the bodies of four hotel workers were discovered overnight. “There remains a group of ... 12, 13 people who are still missing,” Martinez said. “The priority continues to be to try to find survivors and to continue advancing in the search for bodies as well.” Local authorities said 85 people were injured in the blast.