Tragedy: A worker is killed and another seriously injured when a wall collapses at Malaga.

In Malaga, a tragedy has struck after a worker died after being crushed by a wall that collapsed.

Another worker, 39 years old, was injured seriously and transported to the hospital by helicopter. 

The local fire department and firefighters worked together to rescue a worker who was trapped on his feet by machinery. 

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The man was rescued from the wall and was then taken to Hospital Clinico de Malaga, where he suffered injuries to his legs. 

A citizen alerted the Consorcio Provincial de Bomberos, and Andalucia’s emergency line 112, minutes before noon.

A citizen reported that a wall collapsed at a construction site near the village entrance to Benarraba, and at least one worker had been trapped beneath it. 

There are no other details about their work.

Inspeccion de Trabajo, and Centro de Prevencion de Riesgos Laborales have now conducted further investigations.

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This isn’t the first incident to take place in Malaga.

An explosion in the engine of a Torremolinos hotel at the end of the month left another worker with burns. 

According to sources from the fire department, the incident happened in a hot-water boiler when one steam pipe burst. 

Few weeks before, another worker fell from his ladder and was injured in Malaga’s Palacia de Ferias.

After falling about five meters, he was transported to hospital.

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