Hotel collapses in Argentina, mayor suspects irregularities | ABS-CBN News

The mayor of the city where a ten-story hotel collapsed expressed concerns about irregular construction work potentially carried out in the building after visiting the accident area on Tuesday (October 29). Mayor Gustavo Barrera and the Minister of Security for Buenos Aires province, where the Hotel Dubrovnik collapsed in the coastal city of Villa Gesell, visited the rescue and emergency teams working to clear debris in a rush to find more survivors. The Villa Gesell government had been processing permissions to a partition wall and install an elevator shaft in the non-collapsed front part of the building, according to a statement on its website. “There is no authorized permit or application for construction work at the back part (where the collapse took place),” the statement said. An 80-year-old woman was rescued with the help of a probe-equipped camera, and the body of an elderly man was recovered, authorities reported. The cause of the collapse has not been disclosed. Four people linked to the construction at the site have been arrested, officials stated. For more ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmgUHWUpi2ioSp4xAP1SmAaf For more latest news and analysis from ABS-CBN News videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmg4pcvfM9a96rbUcLD_0P_U For more News Digital News Raw Cuts, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgyY1WylJUmi83yKJH8Dv0p_3D4cyZKzV Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch the full episodes of TV Patrol on iWantTFC: http://bit.ly/TVPatrol-iWantTFC Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews #ArgentinaHotel #LatestNews #ABSCBNNews