Four people died and several more were seriously injured on Thursday when a building collapsed on the island of Mallorca, Spanish emergency authorities said.
Emergency services said that seven more people had been very seriously injured while another nine were seriously injured. They were taken to local hospitals.
The accident occurred in the city of Palma de Mallorca, on the Mediterranean island popular with tourists.
Spanish news agency EFE and other media said the building housed a restaurant called “Medusa Beach Club” located near the beach.
Public television for the Balearic Islands, IB3, reported there were people dancing on a terrace that collapsed on top of another floor underneath.
No cause has been given for the collapse of the building.
Emergency services are continuing to search the site and attend to the wounded.
