Building collapse on Spain's Mallorca island leaves four dead
Four people have died and several more have been seriously injured 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 being attended at local hospitals.
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Emergency services rushed to the scene and multiple people were seen being carried out on stretchers. 9News
Medics take injured people away from a building that collapsed in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. AP
The accident occurred in the city of Palma 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.
Spanish news agency EFE and other media said that the building was a restaurant near the beach. AP
No cause has been given for the collapse of the building.
Emergency services are continuing to search the site and attend the wounded.
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