Madrid, Oct 8
Four people were killed and three others injured after a building which was being renovated collapsed in central Madrid on Tuesday, the local authorities confirmed on Wednesday.
The building had "unfavourable" technical inspections in 2012 and 2022 due to "the general condition of the facade, exterior, partition walls, roof, roof terraces and plumbing and sewage system", according to Madrid's online registry of buildings under construction. The former office building was constructed in 1965 and was being converted into a hotel. Jose Luis Martínez-Almeida said that renovation work of the building had proper documents and permits.