Two dead after crane collapse in Spanish port

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Two workers died and at least four others were injured on Thursday when two cranes collapsed in the northern Spanish port of Gijon, emergency services officials said.

The accident occurred around 11am (09:00 GMT) as several workers were dismantling port cranes, a spokeswoman for local emergency services told AFP.

Two mobile cranes that were being used to dismantle a stationary crane “gave way” and, for reasons that are still unclear, “dragged the six workers involved in the work into the abyss,” wrote the Gijón fire brigade on the social network X.

Two workers, aged 24 and 49, died in the accident, while four others were injured, two of them seriously, it said.

Labor Minister Yolanda Diaz said she regretted the deaths and wished the injured “a speedy recovery.”

“No one should risk their life at work. It is necessary to further strengthen the prevention of risks in the workplace so that this does not happen again,” she added on X.

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