A hotel collapsed on Tuesday night for reasons that are still unknown. One person died and eight people were buried under the rubble. Only four have been able to get out so far.
The tragedy occurred on the night of Tuesday 6 to Wednesday 7 August in Kröv, in western Germany. A hotel partially collapsed, killing one person, according to local police information, reported by BFMTV. What worries German authorities are the four people still trapped under the rubble on Wednesday morning. Rescuers managed to free four more people overnight, including a man, two women and a two-year-old child. According to a police statement, some of the people still trapped under the rubble are “seriously injured” and they have not been able to make contact with them.
An impressive rescue device
The collapse occurred around 11pm on Tuesday evening. While the reasons for this event are still unknown, some guests claim to have heard a detonation and seen a cloud of dust before the ground collapsed beneath their feet. There were fourteen people in the hotel at the time. Five people got out on their own and four were pulled out of the rubble. Around thirty people living near the hotel were evacuated by emergency services. There were 250 of them sent to the scene. Such a rescue operation can be explained by the danger of the collapsed sites. They were unable to enter what remains of the building.