Four of the injured are seriously hurt.

Five people have been injured, four of them seriously in a gas explosion in a hotel in Gran Canaria.

The propane gas escaped during transfer of the gas from a tanker to the Hotel Cordial on the Playa de Mogán and caused an explosion which led to a fire. Five people were affected by burns, four of them are reported to be in a very serious condition, according to the emergency services coordination centre. 

Four of the injured are workers from the hotel and the fifth is a foreign tourist. The driver of the gas tanker escaped unhurt as he was on the other side of the tanker when the explosion happened. 1,000 tourists were evacuated from the hotel after the blast. They will be allowed back after fire experts have inspected the building.

The emergency services were alerted just after 9am on Wednesday, and they immediately sent a medical helicopter, five ambulances and a rapid intervention vehicle to the scene.

Firemen worked to put out the resulting fire.

Source:www.typicallyspanish.com