Four people were found dead after the rescue operation

Four people were killed when part of a six-story building that was undergoing renovation collapsed in the center of the Spanish capital, Madrid.

The city’s mayor, Jose Luis Martinez Almeida, said that the bodies of the last two missing people were recovered on Wednesday morning, about 15 hours after several floors collapsed in the property on Hilleras Street.

Local media said that the victims were a 30-year-old Spanish woman, who was managing the project, in addition to three workers from Mali, Guinea and Ecuador, aged between 30 and 50 years. Three other people were injured.

The former office building has been converted into a hotel. The authorities launched an investigation.

Spanish emergency services said several crews – with drones and sniffer dogs – were deployed to search for missing people after Tuesday’s collapse.

Two bodies were recovered Tuesday evening.

“All of our love and support goes out to their families, friends and colleagues at this very difficult time,” Martinez-Almeida said in a post on X.

A construction worker told Reuters news agency that he was pumping concrete in the lower floors of the building outside when the building collapsed and he fled after seeing a large cloud of dust.

The facade of the building remained intact despite the internal collapse.

According to the website of developer Rehabilita, the building was undergoing an “extensive” renovation to become a four-star hotel.