Four dead and dozens more injured after building collapses at Majorcan beach resort

Four people have died and dozens left injured after a building collapsed at a beach resort in Majorca this evening.

Around one hundred emergency responders including police and firefighters have raced to the scene of the incident, identified locally as a terrace at a beach bar in Playa de Palma called the Medusa Beach Club.

The first floor of the two-storey building collapsed through ‘to the basement’, local media reported, causing devastation to the inner building and injuring many more.

As many as ten are still believed to be trapped inside the rubble as desperate rescue operations continue.

‘The number of dead now stands at four and the number of injured at 27 and there may still be more people trapped under rubble,’ a well-placed source said.

Local authorities are also saying one person has been seriously injured in the collapse, without yet providing further information on the identities of the affected.

Local media reported that several tourists had tried to enter the premises because they suspected friends were inside. 

Horrific scenes show rescue workers attempting to pull survivors from the building

A floor of the popular restaurant and beach club collapsed earlier this evening

At least four people are believed to be dead, with dozens injured in the carnage

The floor caved in around 8:45pm local time (7:45 BST) on Thursday, according to Catalan news outlet Rac 1.

Authorities were forced to call a crane company to help lift debris from the two-storey building with the extent of the casualties still unknown.

One of the people killed has been named locally as Abdoulaye Diop, a Senegalese migrant living in Majorca and working as a nightclub doorman who in 2017 saved a man who was drowning in the sea at Playa de Palma.

Footage from the scene showed rescue operations underway after dark, with teams attending to the injured on the doorstep of the venue.

At least seven fire engines were on site to assist efforts, ladders lowered to provide access into the building.

Authorities have also called on psychologists from the Official College of Psychology of the Balearic Islands to assist, as traumatised victims are pulled from the wreckage. 

The injured are currently being evacuated through the back of the restaurant, facing Trasimé Street.

Neighbours said they heard a loud noise followed by screams coming from the venue as the building collapsed, The Sun reported.

A spokesman for a regional emergency response coordination centre said: ‘We have activated an emergency response as a result of the collapse of the ceiling of a two-storey building in Avenida Cartago in Playa de Palma, where people are trapped.’ 

Playa de Palma is the beach area lying to the east of the Majorcan capital. It is especially popular with German holidaymakers. 

File photo. The Playa de Palma beach in S’Arenal in Mallorca, Spain

A spokesperson for a regional emergency response coordination centre confirmed last night around 11pm local time: ‘Four people have died and 21 have been injured in the collapse of a building in Cartago Street in Playa de Palma.’

‘Emergency responders are still at the scene.

Seven of the injured are said to be ‘critical.’ 

Police sources have put the number of injured at at least 27.