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One dead, many trapped as 10-storey hotel collapses in Argentina



Wednesday, October 30, 2024 – A 10-storey hotel collapsed
in Argentina, leaving one person dead and several people still trapped in
the debris.

Firefighters searching for survivors rescued a woman from
the rubble of the Dubrovnik Hotel in Villa Gesell, a coastal city 350km south
of the capital Buenos Aires.

The building collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday,
October 29, local officials said.

Among those suspected to be trapped are workers from a
construction site allegedly operating without municipal permits at the
Dubrovnik hotel, according to reports.

Firefighters managed to rescue an elderly woman from the
rubble alive, while an 80-year-old man has been killed, local
newspaper Pagina 12 reported, citing provincial security minister
Javier Alonso.

Mr Alonso was quoted as saying that there were no guests in
the hotel, but there were workers staying in another part of the building,
which was built in 1986.

More than 300 firefighters, police and other rescue
officials were at the scene, in a rescue operation already ongoing for more
than eight hours, online outlet Infobae reported, citing the city’s
mayor Gustavo Barrera as warning that the adjacent building is also at risk of
collapse.

Local officials alleged on Tuesday, Oct. 29, that they had
detected and halted unauthorised construction work that was being carried out
inside the building without proper clearance back in August.

A prosecutor has opened an investigation to determine the
cause of the collapse, but Villa Gesell’s municipality said in a press release
that the hotel was undergoing a renovation without the proper permits.

Infobae cited Mr Alonso as saying that the courts had
ordered the arrest of four people in connection with the hotel’s collapse.

One dead, many trapped as 10-storey hotel collapses in Argentina

One dead, many trapped as 10-storey hotel collapses in Argentina

One dead, many trapped as 10-storey hotel collapses in Argentina

One dead, many trapped as 10-storey hotel collapses in Argentina

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