Girl, 13, plunges to her de@th from abandoned 20-storey Tenerife hotel while playing with friends

A girl has tragically d!ed after falling in an abandoned 20-storey hotel in the Canary Islands.  The 13-year-old girl was reportedly playing in the unfinished hotel with friends at the time of the fall. The hotel, known as the Aaza monstrosity, has open lift shafts and windows and has lain empty for more than 50 years.   Three other girls raised the alarm following the horrific ordeal.  Police quickly arrived at the scene and tried to resuscitate the victim, but sadly she could not be revived.  Other emergency services responded to the scene, including firefighters from the Tenerife Consortium and the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC). Police believe she fell from the fifth floor onto the rocks below.   A full investigation led by the National Police Homicide Unit has been launched into the teenagers de@th, as furious locals say urgent action should be taken.  Police believe the girl lived in Aaza, however her nationality has not been released.  The girls de@th is the fifth fatality at the cliff-top building in Aaza, north of Tenerife. In June, the Santa Cruz City Council and the Tenerife Island Council agreed on a grant to cover the demolition of the decrepit hotel. The demolition was expected to cost around 1 million, local media reported. The abandoned building has served as a refuge for young people to practise extreme sports and other illicit activities. Local residents say intruders had ignored the surrounding fencing and subsequently, the incomplete hotel has been the scene of various accidents.  Historically, the building has been a hot spot for dangerous activity, where just three years ago in 2022, a 50-year-old woman threatened to jump from the 13th storey, before police intervened.  In 2020, two thrill-seekers were caught jumping between the buildings balconies for fun. The balconies are open to the sky. In 2017, it was publicly reported that at least four people had d!ed in the building three accidental de@ths and one suspected su!cide.  One resident told local media: The building has completely exposed lift shafts, and anyone entering could easily fall down them if theyre not careful, trip, or plummet from any of the floors.