Collapse in a restaurant leaves at least 4 dead and 16 injured

The collapse occurred this Thursday afternoon in an establishment on Cartago Street called ‘Medusa Beach Club’ which was occupied at that time by numerous clients and workers.

The deceased are three women and one man, some of them could be local worker. Among the injured there are seven people in very serious condition and nine in serious condition, according to data from the 112 emergency coordination center.

The restaurant is located on the beachfront, on an avenue where there are several entertainment venues and shops. According to witnesses, there were numerous clientsmany of them foreign tourists, since the high tourist season has already begun in Playa de Palma.

A possible overweight on the terrace of the collapsed building is surely what has caused the collapse of the infrastructure. In detail, it seems that the terrace on the first floor collapsed and the impact was so strong that the ground floor, where the customers were dining, could not withstand the weight and would have also collapsed, falling into the basement, which is where most victims were found.

Raúl Pursnami, owner of a fashion store next to the affected premises, explained that during the collapse a very loud noise was heard. “I was leaving the premises and everything fell down, it is a pity; Theoretically, an inspection has to be done every year. We are touched. “I can’t talk, they were my neighbors,” he lamented to the newspaper. The country. Pursnami explained that everything happened very quickly, while people were eating and others were dancing.

Mallorca restaurant collapse

The Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, said he was following “closely the consequences of the terrible landslide that occurred on the beach of Palma”, in a message on X.

Mallorca restaurant collapse

Mallorca restaurant collapse

Sanchez He said he had spoken with the regional president of the Balearic IslandsMarga Prohens, and with the mayor of Mallorca, Jaime Martínez, to whom he conveyed “the willingness of the Government of Spain to collaborate with all the means and personnel that are necessary.”

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