Three people were injured after a building under renovation partially collapsed in Madrid on Tuesday.
Emergency services are desperately searching for four missing construction workers, with three reported injured, according to Spanish authorities.
One of the injured workers was being treated at a hospital for a leg fracture, emergency services spokeswoman Beatriz Martín said.
Firefighters said that “several floors” of the five-story building on Calle de las Hileras had collapsed.
The exact cause is yet to be determined. The mayor said that the sixth floor collapsed, causing those below it to fall through under it.
The building had been acquired by the Saudi fund RSR Singular Assets Europe Socimi in 2022 after falling into disrepair.
It was planned to be developed into a four-star hotel with 122 rooms and six floors over a surface area of almost 6,500 square meters.
In video posted on X by emergency services, the building’s facade was covered by a huge green tarp typically used by construction crews when renovating older buildings.
The facade of the building was intact, and the rubble hadn’t fallen outside on the street.
This is a developing story, more to follow.
