A 10-storey hotel collapsed in Argentina, leaving one person de.ad and seven 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, 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 ki!led, local newspaper Pagina 12 reported, citing provincial security minister Javier Alonso.
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.
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