Two corpses were found Tuesday night in the wreckage of a renovated high -rise property in downtown Madrid, which collapsed on Tuesday afternoon, the mayor of the Spanish capital said, clarifying that two more people were still missing.

“The corpse of one of the four missing was identified and recovered from the building, another man who is also missing was found – dead – inside the building and efforts are being made to reach the corpse (…) There are two more people who have not been identified,” explained to the Spanish press the Jose Luis Martinez Almeida About 22:30 (local time; 23:30 Greek time), while they were completed some ten hours of collapse.

The mayor said the first corpse, recovered from the wreckage of the property, was the corpse of a man.

“Until now we do not know for sure if (the second) belongs to a man or woman who is missing, everything remains uncertain.”he added. Spanish media reported earlier that they continued to ignite an architect and three workers.

“What we know is that a corpse was found inside the property and firefighters are working for its removal,” The elected official said, reminiscent of specially trained dogs and drones.

Firefighters were expected to remove debris ‘With hands’although they could also count on a crane on the spot, used in the building for renovation work – was to become a four -star hotel.

Collapse of a building in Madrid

Asked about the causes of the disaster, the mayor acknowledged that he was still unable to answer. “Police are conducting an investigation that will allow us to understand exactly what the causes were”he said.

The accident took place in the center of Madrid, very close to the Majorshortly after 13:30 (local time) and caused about ten injuries, beyond the two deaths and the two disappearances.