Two bodies found in rubble after college roof collapse in Gijón

The body of one man was quickly recovered and rescue teams continued working in shifts for several hours, throwing debris out of the building’s windows, until they found the body of the second man.

The deceased have been identified with the initials AV and DV, aged 38 and 40 years old, and they were cousins. Apparently, they were working on the roof of the building when the collapse happened.

The director of the school, Manuel Fuertes, said that "some workers were doing maintenance work and the roof fell on them."

"The work was something simple, on the ceiling, but at the plaster level. And nothing complex or of the magnitude of what has happened, is what they had told us," explained the head of the educational centre.