Most of the victims of the beach bar collapse in Majorca which left four dead and 16 injured are foreign tourists, it emerged today.
Emergency workers raced to the Medusa Beach Club in the popular Playa de Palma resort on Thursday evening to a scene of devastation.A terrace of the two-storey bar is believed to have collapsed through to the basement, leaving only the facade standing.It emerged today that venue had unveiled a new rooftop bar just a day earlier.The beach club posted on Instagram with the caption: “Totally different. New rooftop.”There are fears as many as 10 people could still be trapped under the rubble.
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.”Humphrey Carter from the Majorca Daily Bulletin told LBC: “ massive police presence, ambulances, it’s been a complete shock - a huge shock. I mean the Balearic president’s been down there, it’s really taken everyone completely by surprise.
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