Four people have been killed and 27 are injured after a building collapsed on a beach in Majorca – with people still trapped inside.
An area of the Medusa Beach Club in Palma collapsed at about 8.30pm local time.
The area is popular with tourists.
Pictures have emerged of emergency services evacuating people from the two-storey building, with some being taken out on stretchers as ambulances waited outside.
Image: People are trapped in the building. Pic: AP
Image: Pic: AP
Image: Pic: AP
Witnesses reported the terrace at the top of a popular restaurant had collapsed, the Majorca Daily Bulletin reports.
Footage posted on social media shows crowds gathered outside the restaurant as emergency services go through wreckage.
Marga Prohens, President of the Balearic Islands, said on X she was “shocked” to hear of the building collapse.
“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.
No cause has been given for the collapse of the building.
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