A tragic incident unfolded as a young girl lost her life in a devastating fall from an abandoned hotel situated in a popular tourist spot. The 13-year-old girl was reportedly playing with her friends when she plunged from the fifth floor of the 20-story structure in Santa Cruz, Tenerife, on a Thursday afternoon. According to reports from Diario de Avisos, three other children alerted authorities after witnessing the teenager’s fall, prompting a swift response from police officers who made desperate attempts to revive her.
Referred to locally as the “Añaza monstrosity,” Hotel Añaza stands abandoned and earmarked for demolition, exhibiting hazardous conditions with exposed lift shafts and windows due to its prolonged vacancy of over five decades. Authorities suspect that the girl fell from the fifth floor onto the rocks below, triggering a comprehensive investigation led by the National Police Homicide Unit to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the tragic incident. Outraged locals are calling for immediate measures to address the perilous state of the building.
While it is believed that the girl resided in Añaza, her nationality remains undisclosed. Regrettably, this marks the fifth fatality at the cliff-top property in Añaza, located to the north of Tenerife.