Four dead and 16 injured in Spain's Mallorca as restaurant roof collapses
The roof of a restaurant in Spain's Balearic island of Mallorca collapsed on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 16 others, local rescuers said.
"There are four dead and around 16 injured," an emergency services spokeswoman said, adding that "several nationalities" were among the victims.
The emergency services wrote on social media platform X that seven of the victims were in a "very serious" state and nine others had "serious" injuries, with different hospitals admitting them.
The two-storey building collapsed late Thursday afternoon in the Playa de Palma area to the south of the Mediterranean island's capital Palma de Mallorca.
Firefighters were deployed in number, while ambulances whisked the victims to hospital and the street was sealed off by police to allow rescue teams to go about their work, an AFP journalist saw.
Rescuers were continuing to work at the scene to find further people stuck under the rubble, they wrote on X.
The exact cause of the collapse remained unknown.
READ MORE: 'Excessive weight' may have caused Mallorca restaurant collapse
🇪🇦|| Al menos cuatro muertos y decenas de heridos tras derrumbarse un restaurante en Palma de Mallorca.
El restaurante "Medusa Beach Club" situado en la Playa de Palma está ubicado en la planta baja de un edificio. Según algunas fuentes cayó hasta el sótano pic.twitter.com/TjC2FV0rvV
— Dan-i-El (@DanielJ23480098) May 23, 2024
One firefighter described a "nightmarish" scene to the newspaper Ultima Hora, saying that when he arrived, people were crying and screaming around the rubble piled up on the ground floor.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez conveyed his condolences to the victims' families on X, saying he was "closely following the consequences of the terrible collapse".
Sigo de cerca las consecuencias del terrible derrumbe ocurrido en la playa de Palma.
Acabo de hablar con la presidenta @MargaProhens y con el alcalde de la ciudad, @JaimeMartinez, a los que he trasladado la disposición del Gobierno de España a colaborar con todos los medios y…
— Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) May 23, 2024
The central government was prepared to send "all the necessary resources" to help the regional authorities cope, he added.
Sánchez said he had spoken to the president of the Balearic Islands region, where Mallorca is located, and to the city's mayor.
Balearic Islands President Marga Prohens said on X that she was "shocked" by the news, adding she was sending "love and warmth to the families of the four people who have lost their lives".
Colpida per la informació que m’arriba de l’esfondrament de Platja de Palma.
Traslladar tot el meu afecte i escalf a les famÃlies de les quatre persones que han perdut la vida en aquest trà gic incident i desitjar la recuperació de tots els ferits.
Grà cies a tots els cossos…
— Marga Prohens (@MargaProhens) May 23, 2024
Mallorca is known for its pristine waters and beaches, and the Balearic Islands attract more tourists than all Spanish regions after Catalonia.
More than 14 million tourists visited the islands last year, according to official figures.
Thursday's collapse took place at the start of the archipelago's high tourist season, on a beachfront avenue home to several shops and entertainment venues.
The 2009 collapse of a three-story building in Palma de Mallorca killed seven people, including two Germans and three Colombians.
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"There are four dead and around 16 injured," an emergency services spokeswoman said, adding that "several nationalities" were among the victims.
The emergency services wrote on social media platform X that seven of the victims were in a "very serious" state and nine others had "serious" injuries, with different hospitals admitting them.
The two-storey building collapsed late Thursday afternoon in the Playa de Palma area to the south of the Mediterranean island's capital Palma de Mallorca.
Firefighters were deployed in number, while ambulances whisked the victims to hospital and the street was sealed off by police to allow rescue teams to go about their work, an AFP journalist saw.
Rescuers were continuing to work at the scene to find further people stuck under the rubble, they wrote on X.
The exact cause of the collapse remained unknown.
READ MORE: 'Excessive weight' may have caused Mallorca restaurant collapse
🇪🇦|| Al menos cuatro muertos y decenas de heridos tras derrumbarse un restaurante en Palma de Mallorca.
— Dan-i-El (@DanielJ23480098) May 23, 2024
El restaurante "Medusa Beach Club" situado en la Playa de Palma está ubicado en la planta baja de un edificio. Según algunas fuentes cayó hasta el sótano pic.twitter.com/TjC2FV0rvV
One firefighter described a "nightmarish" scene to the newspaper Ultima Hora, saying that when he arrived, people were crying and screaming around the rubble piled up on the ground floor.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez conveyed his condolences to the victims' families on X, saying he was "closely following the consequences of the terrible collapse".
Sigo de cerca las consecuencias del terrible derrumbe ocurrido en la playa de Palma.
— Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) May 23, 2024
Acabo de hablar con la presidenta @MargaProhens y con el alcalde de la ciudad, @JaimeMartinez, a los que he trasladado la disposición del Gobierno de España a colaborar con todos los medios y…
The central government was prepared to send "all the necessary resources" to help the regional authorities cope, he added.
Sánchez said he had spoken to the president of the Balearic Islands region, where Mallorca is located, and to the city's mayor.
Balearic Islands President Marga Prohens said on X that she was "shocked" by the news, adding she was sending "love and warmth to the families of the four people who have lost their lives".
Colpida per la informació que m’arriba de l’esfondrament de Platja de Palma.
— Marga Prohens (@MargaProhens) May 23, 2024
Traslladar tot el meu afecte i escalf a les famÃlies de les quatre persones que han perdut la vida en aquest trà gic incident i desitjar la recuperació de tots els ferits.
Grà cies a tots els cossos…
Mallorca is known for its pristine waters and beaches, and the Balearic Islands attract more tourists than all Spanish regions after Catalonia.
More than 14 million tourists visited the islands last year, according to official figures.
Thursday's collapse took place at the start of the archipelago's high tourist season, on a beachfront avenue home to several shops and entertainment venues.
The 2009 collapse of a three-story building in Palma de Mallorca killed seven people, including two Germans and three Colombians.
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