AT least four people have died and 16 more are injured following a building collapse at a Majorcan beach resort.
Seven of them are reportedly in critical condition after being crushed under falling rubble, with some likely still trapped inside the building.
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Police and firefighters rushed to the scene where the terrace of the Medusa Beach Club in Playa de Palma is believed to have caved in.
Hordes of emergency service vehicles gathered around the club, including at least seven firefighter trucks and rows of ambulances.
Pictures show rescue workers setting up ladders and cordons around the building as they try to free those still inside.
Those who have been saved from the collapsed building were treated for their injuries in the street.
Earlier reports suggested up to 10 people were trapped and officials have yet to confirm how many could still be inside.
Two young tourists and a foreign worker are among the four confirmed dead, alongside Abdoulaye Diop, a Senegalese migrant living in Majorca.
He was working as a nightclub doorman and in 2017 saved a man from drowning in the sea in Palma.
Neighbours said they heard a loud noise and screams from those who were trapped inside before alerting cops at around 8.30pm.
Early reports said a false ceiling inside the two-storey club had collapsed, but this has since been ruled out.
Eyewitnesses said the top terrace level of the beach club’s restaurant caved in, the Majorca Daily Bulletin reports.
Catalan news outlet Rac 1 said that the floor had “collapsed to the basement” of the venue.
Raul, an employee from the shop next door, told CadenaSER: “Everything fell, completely.
“It was very loud and there were a lot of people inside.
“A very loud sound was heard. There were people eating, people upstairs… the top floor fell.”
Santiago Aranda, who was walking his dog at the time of the collapse, told La Linterna: “I don’t have words to describe it. It was an explosion, and we were in the street opposite.
He said “some ran in the opposite direction and others towards the dust” after the collapse.
Aranda, who was with his wife at the time, said he stayed to help “get people out” amid “screams, wailing and crying”.
Police sources told the outlet that there is now a “cavity in the rubble” where they rescued a worker – who has been left with a broken arm.
Cops have also said the death toll is likely to rise.
Bystanders crowded outside of the building with some trying to get inside amid fears that their loved ones were trapped inside.
Emergency services could be seen asking people to keep back and remain calm as they work through the night to rescue anyone trapped inside and treat the evacuated.
According to La Linterna, authorities had to call in a crane company to help lift debris from the building.
There are fears that the ongoing rescue efforts could cause more of the building to collapse.
A local official said: “We can now update the information on the number of people affected by the collapse of the building in Cartago Street in Playa de Palma.
“Four people have died, seven people have been very seriously injured and nine are seriously injured.
“They have been taken to different hospitals in Palma.”
All ambulances in Palma have been ferried to Cartago street, now brimming with rescue workers.
The Medusa Beach Club, popular with tourists, is located metres from Cullera beach.
Playa de Palma is a beach resort east of the Majorcan capital.
President of the Baleric Islands Marga Prohens wrote on X this evening: “Shocked by the information I received about the collapse of Platja de Palma.
“Sending 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.
“Thanks to all the emergency services that have been dispatched to the scene and continue to work there.”
Around 3.2 million Brits travel to Majorca each year.
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