Majorca building collapse – latest: Restaurant unveiled terrace day before incident as details of dead emerge
People were reportedly dancing on Medusa Beach Club terrace when it fell onto floor below
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Your support makes all the difference.A restaurant in Majorca promoted a new rooftop terrace just one day before the building collapsed, leaving four people dead, five seriously injured, and 11 wounded in hospital.
Rescue teams have been working at the scene of the Medusa Beach Club, a popular tourist restaurant at a packed beach resort, amid fears more people could have been trapped under the rubble after the incident at around 8.30pm on Thursday.
A terrace where people were dancing fell onto the floor below, according to the Balearic Islands’ public television IB3, with local officials telling reporters excess weight on a first-floor terrace may have caused the collapse.
It came one day after Medusa Beach Club posted a photograph of a terrace on its Instagram, alongside the caption: “Totally different, new rooftop.”
Spain’s National Police said two German women, aged 20 and 30, were among those killed, along with a 33-year-old Spanish woman, who worked in the club, and a 44-year-old Senegalese man.
The Independent understands the UK Foreign Office has not received any reports of British nationals involved.
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One victim of Majorca building collapse identified
One of the people who died in the building collapse in Majorca yesterday has been identified by police.
Abdoulaye Diop worked as a doorman in Playa de Palma and was named as one of the victims by Majorca Daily Bulletin.
It also reported that two of the four victims were tourists.
President of Balearic Islands sends message to victims’ families
Marga Prohens, president of the Balearic Islands, said she was “shocked” to hear of the Majorca building collapse yesterday.
“All my affection and warmth to the families of the four people who lost their lives in this tragic incident and wishing the recovery of all the injured,” she said.
Meanwhile, psychologists were also called to the scene to help those suffering from the trauma of the collapse.
Firefighters and rescue teams are at the scene of the Medusa Beach Club, a popular tourist restaurant, where others were feared trapped under the rubble after the collapse.
Eyewitness remembers moment the collapse led to ‘screams, wailing and crying’
Santiago Aranda, a resident who was walking his dog at the time of the building collapse in Majorca, was quoted as saying by La Linterna: “I don’t have words to describe it. It was an explosion, and we were in the street opposite.”
He said “some ran in the opposite direction and others towards the dust” after the collapse.
Mr Aranda said he stayed to help “get people out” amid “screams, wailing and crying”.
In Pictures: Majorca beach club collapse
Prime minister sends condolences to victims' families
After the Majorca building collapse killed four and injured 27, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez wrote on X: “I am closely following the consequences of the terrible collapse that occurred on the beach of Palma.”
Mr Sanchez said he had spoken to local and regional authorities, adding the government is ready to help “with all the means and troops that are necessary”.
“I want to send my condolences to the families of the deceased and my wish for a speedy recovery to the injured,” he said.
Four dead and 27 injured after beach club collapses in Majorca
A two-storey building collapsed on the beach in Palma killing at least four people and injuring 27 others in a tourism hot spot.
Firefighters rushed to the scene with at least ten feared trapped in the wreckage of the Medusa Beach Club - a restaurant popular with foreign tourists.
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Four dead and 27 injured after beach club collapses in Majorca
There were people dancing on a terrace at the Medusa Beach Club in Palma when it collapsed trapping other revellers
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