MADRID
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Six people were seriously injured Wednesday in a gas explosion at a tourist hotel on the Spanish Canary island of Gran Canaria, authorities said.
A Canary Island government statement said a 55-year-old female Norwegian tourist was one of four people in critical condition after the blast at the Cordial Mogan Playa hotel in the southwest of the island. She was said to have burns to 100 percent of her body.
Source Associated Press
MADRID
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Six people were seriously injured Wednesday in a gas explosion at a tourist hotel on the Spanish Canary island of Gran Canaria, authorities said.
A Canary Island government statement said a 55-year-old female Norwegian tourist was one of four people in critical condition after the blast at the Cordial Mogan Playa hotel in the southwest of the island. She was said to have burns to 100 percent of her body.
The rest of the injured were believed to be Spaniards working at the hotel, with the most seriously hurt flown by helicopter to hospitals on the island.
The statement said 17 other people were treated for minor anxiety attacks.
The blast occurred as a truck delivered propane to the hotel. Part of the building was affected by flames, forcing the ceiling of the hotel's spa to collapse.
Nearly 1,000 guests were evacuated. Spanish National Television said that the hotel hoped to let them return later in the day.
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