A devastating building collapse in central Madrid has claimed the lives of four individuals during its transformation into a hotel. Spanish emergency services recovered the bodies of the victims from the rubble of the six-storey building, which crumbled while under refurbishment, as confirmed by local authorities.

Among the deceased were three male construction workers from Ecuador, Mali, and Guinea-Conakry, as well as a female architect overseeing the renovation. The tragedy unfolded nearly 15 hours after the building's interior collapsed, sparking a frantic search-and-rescue mission employing drones and sniffer dogs. Three additional workers sustained injuries in the incident.

The building, originally constructed in 1965, had been flagged as 'unfavourable' in inspections conducted in 2

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