Four dead as six-storey building collapses in central Madrid


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  • Wednesday, 08 Oct 2025

Emergency responders work at the site of a building collapse in central Madrid, Spain, October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Juan Medina

MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish emergency services have recovered the bodies of four people from beneath the rubble of a six-storey building that collapsed in central Madrid while being refurbished into a hotel, local authorities said on Wednesday.

"It is with deep sadness that we confirm that Madrid firefighters have recovered the bodies of the people who went missing after the collapse," Mayor Jose Luis Almeida wrote on X.

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