A hotel collapses in Argentina and leaves 1 dead and several trapped

MEXICO CITY -- A 10-story edifice nether renewal successful Argentina collapsed Tuesday, leaving 1 personification dormant and astatine slightest 7 trapped successful nan debris, authorities said.

Firefighters searching for survivors rescued a female who was live from nan rubble of nan Dubrovnik Hotel successful Villa Gesell, a coastal metropolis 217 miles (350 km) southbound of nan superior Buenos Aires.

A charismatic opened an investigation to find nan origin of nan collapse, but Villa Gesell's municipality said successful a property merchandise that nan edifice was undergoing a renewal without nan due permits.

Javier Alonso, information curate for nan Buenos Aires' province, told journalists that an 80-year-old man died successful nan illness and a female was taken live from nan debris. He added that betwixt 7 and 9 people, presumably masons moving connected nan hotel's restoration, stay trapped.

Rescue squad members began removing nan rubble by manus while waiting for a crane and immoderate engineers to measure nan area.