Madrid Building Collapse Claims Four lives, Includingโฃ Architect
Madrid, Spain – October 8, 2025, 05:09 a.m. – A building under renovationโ collapsed in central Madrid on Tuesday, resulting in โฃthe deaths of four people, including โthe project’s โlead architect. Emergency services confirmed the recovery โคof โall bodies โin the early hours of Wednesday morning, โnearly ten hours after the initial incident.
The collapse occurred around 1 p.m. near the opera square in a popular tourist district.According too the Madrid emergency services โขspokesperson, Beatriz โฃMartรญn, “Several ceiling scablings of the buildingโฃ that was in the renovation have collapsed.” The cause of the collapse remains under examination. “It is still too early to talk about it,” Martรญn stated.
Authorities had initially reported threeโข men and one woman missing. The woman was identified as theโค architect leading theโฃ renovation project.Three workers sustained injuries; one suffered a leg fracture and was hospitalized, while two others received on-site treatment โคfor minor injuries.
Eyewitnesses described a sudden and violent event. Josรฉ, a worker at aโ nearby bar, told RTVE, “Suddenly youโ couldn’t see anything anymore.” Boyana, an employee of a local bakery, reported, “it sounded like a bomb, we were โall very scared.”
Sixteen units of the Madrid fire brigade were deployed, utilizing search dogs and drones to secure the debris and search for potential survivors.
The building, located on Calle Hileras, had recently been approved for conversion into tourist accommodation. The city of madrid granted a license in February for its future use as a lodging facility, โฃaccordingโข to RTVE.