At least one person died and nine others were missing on Thursday after a five-storey building collapsed on Tenerife, local officials said.
ARONA, Spain: At least one person died and nine others were
missing on Thursday (Apr 14) after a five-storey building collapsed on
Tenerife, local officials said.
Rescuers with dogs were still at the scene late Thursday
searching the debris for survivors. Three people, including a
28-year-old Italian man who suffered a broken arm, were rescued from the
rubble, with two requiring hospital treatment.
"The building had 28 occupants of which nine still have not been found," Arona mayor Julian Mena told a news conference.The building, located in the beach area of Los Cristianos in the south of Tenerife, collapsed at around 9.30am (4.30pm Singapore time). The cause was not immediately clear.
A spokeswoman for local firefighters said families had tried
and failed to contact missing relatives. "These are people who are not
answering the telephone, we can't say that they are in the building, but
the truth is that right now their families have not been able to
contact them," she said.
Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands off the
northwest coast of Africa, are a popular destination for British
holidaymakers and retirees.
- AFP/de
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