Omar Razzini – Barcelona Office
A five-story residential building collapsed this Tuesday morning in the center of the Spanish capital, Madrid, resulting in seven people being injured with varying degrees of severity, according to sources from the emergency teams.
Search and rescue operations are still ongoing at the scene of the accident to find four missing people who are believed to be under the rubble.
Fire, ambulance, and police teams rushed to the scene, cordoning off the area and evacuating residents from neighboring buildings as a precautionary measure.
The causes of the collapse are not yet known, but local authorities have opened an urgent investigation to determine the circumstances and conditions of the accident, while the Mayor of Madrid expressed her solidarity with the injured and the families of the missing, praising the efforts of the rescue teams who continue their work despite the difficult circumstances.
