(ANSA) - Rome, April 15 - Two Italians are missing and one is
slightly injured after the collapse of a four-storey building on
Tenerife Thursday, the Italian foreign ministry said Friday.
Spanish officials said the body of a second woman
has been found in the rubble of the apartment building that
collapsed in the popular Canary Islands tourist destination of
Los Cristianos.
A Canary Island government statement said a middle-aged
woman's body was found shortly before 5 a.m. (0400 GMT).
The body of another woman was found Thursday hours after the
collapse of the building in a built-up central area of the
southern coastal town on the island of Tenerife
Three people suffered injuries. It was not known how many
people were in the building when it collapsed.
Witnesses told Spanish media the building had been
undergoing renovations.
The statement said firefighters with sniffer dogs continued
searching in the rubble for other possible victims.
Two Italians missing on Tenerife
Bodies of two women found