US EditionBuilding collapse in central Madrid leaves 3 construction workers injured, 4 more missing
- On Tuesday, a six-story building under renovation at 4 Calle de las Hileras in central Madrid partially collapsed, injuring at least three people and leaving others trapped.
- The collapse occurred around 1 p.m. local time as workers were converting the former office building into a four-star hotel, with permits granted in February.
- Authorities reported that four workers, three men and one woman, were initially unaccounted for and that emergency teams continued searching the rubble into Wednesday.
- Madrid Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida confirmed recovery of two bodies from the debris and said police dogs were aiding in what he called a 'complex, difficult task'.
- By early Wednesday, officials confirmed four fatalities, with the cause of the collapse still under investigation by Judicial Police and worksite casualties including those from Mali, Guinea, and Ecuador.
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The building was in the middle of construction work and being renovated into a hotel at around 1pm yesterday when it suddenly collapsed, with around 40 people working inside.
On the bright day, a building collapses in a tourist's quarter in Madrid. The house was under renovation. Four people are buried dead, among them the architect. What happened on the construction site is unclear.
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AlKhaleej TodayTwo dead, two missing after hotel construction site collapses in central Madrid
MADRID, Oct 8 — Spanish emergency services have found two bodies buried in the rubble after a building under construction collapsed in central Madrid yesterday, with two more people still missing and several workers injured, authorities said.What happened? Emergency services said on X that firefighters were working at the scene near the Plaza Mayor, which is popular with tourists, “after the collapse of various floor slabs”.The central governmen…
The four people who died are the four missing: the architect of the project, Laura, and three workers identified as Dambele, Alfa and Jorge, originally from Mali, Guinea and Ecuador, between 30 and 50 years old. Read
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