Four people have died and up to twelve people are feared trapped following a building collapse at a tonight (May 23). 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. Local reports also suggest the number of deaths could rise with more than 20 people reportedly missing, but this has yet to be confirmed.
A spokesman 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. 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. Four of the injured are said to be “very serious” with reports pointing to the victims being crushed under rubble.
A local court has sent a forensic expert to the scene. Majorcan authorities, before four deaths were announced, stated: "It is confirmed two people have died after the collapse of a building in Calle Cartago de la playa de Palma. It is also confirmed that there are 12 to 14 people injured to differing degrees.
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