Hotel called 911 about Liam Payne's 'breaking the whole room' while intoxicated before his fatal fall

The caller — who identifies as the head of reception and does not mention Payne by name — says the guest had been there for two or three days.

Sistema de Atencion Medica de Emergencia, or SAME, the emergency health service, confirmed to Telemundo that Payne fell from the balcony of his third-floor room at the hotel in the city's Palermo district.

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SAME director Alberto Crescenti told the Argentine TV station Todo Noticias TV that Payne was found dead a few minutes after the 911 call. When paramedics found him, there was no possibility of resuscitation, he said, adding that Payne appeared to have a fracture at the base of his skull.

The National Prosecutor’s Office said that Payne had 25 injuries "compatible with those produced by a fall from height" and that his cause of death was "polytraumatism, internal and external hemorrhage."

In a statement, the office said autopsy findings indicated Payne "could have fallen in a state of semi or total unconsciousness."

A variety of substances were found in Payne's room, which the prosecutor's office said would prove alcohol and drug consumption. It added that everything indicated that Payne was alone when he fell.

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In a series of posts uploaded to his Snapchat account Wednesday, Payne talked about his time in Argentina and how he had been playing polo and mentioned that his girlfriend was heading back to Florida.

The U.K Foreign Office said in a statement: "We are in contact with local authorities regarding reports of the death of a British man in Argentina."

Firefighters were seen removing Payne's body from the scene early Thursday as fans gathered, Reuters reported.

Representatives for Payne have not responded to NBC News' request for comment.