The architect, the quantity surveyor and foreman responsible for the renovation of the Son Moll hotel in Capdepera were arrested by the Guardia Civil late yesterday evening and spent the night in the cells after being charged with negligent homicide.

Four workers died when the three storey structure collapsed in on top of them yesterday morning.

The Hoteles Serrano SL company that owns the hotel had been refused a renovation licence several times and had been ordered to stop work approximately six weeks ago.

Fourth body recovered from collapsed hotel
By: thinkSPAIN
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Capdebera mayor, Bartomeu Alcina, has confirmed that two Spanish and two Moroccan workers died this morning when three storeys of the Son Moll hotel fell in on top of them. Four others were injured, two of whom seriously.

Mr Alcina also said that the Hoteles Serrano SL company that owns the hotel had been refused a renovation licence several times and had been ordered to stop work approximately six weeks ago.

One of the survivors told reporters that: "Two minutes before the collapse there were around thirty or forty of us inside. Thank God most of us got out."

For his part, José López, who is the Health and Safety secretary for the CCOO trade union for the Balearic Islands, said that the builders had been working "day and night" because the owners wanted "to finish before the spring," and described the way the reform was being carried out as "ridiculous."

Four trapped after Mallorca hotel collapse
By: thinkSPAIN
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Four construction workers trapped after three storeys of the Son Moll hotel in Cala Ratjada (Mallorca) collapsed on top of them at 8.40am this morning, are not answering their mobile phones.

Emergency rescuers supported by a police sniffer dog team are working against the clock to locate the missing men who were carrying out reforms.

The recent heavy rain in the area is blamed for the accident and is hampering the rescue mission.

Four other workers were injured.

The Son Moll hotel is located on the calle Tritón.

Update (12pm):

It has just been confirmed that one of the four missing men has died while another has been rescued alive.