AN URGENT threat has been made by means of enraged citizens in Majorca announcing extra screw ups may just quickly occur then the Medusa seaside membership tragedy.
A minimum of 4 folk died within the horror faint with 16 others left injured ultimate night time as locals expose many venues “aren’t designed for tourists”.
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Officers evident previous lately that two feminine German vacationers, elderly 20 and 30, a Senegalese guy, 44, and a fourth feminine sufferer, 23, have been killed on the Medusa Seaside Membership only a presen then a revamp.
Locals say the ordeal was once an “accident waiting to happen”.
As they also gave a chilling prediction that there could be a number of tragedies in the future unless things seriously change.
Alain Carbonell, president of the S’Arenal Neigbourhood’s Residents Association in Majorca said: “We fear that the building has collapsed due to its age and the fact it was originally designed for residential and not tourist use by the amount of people inside.
“There have been two previous instances of collapses at buildings in other parts of this area.
“This was completely foreseeable and the worst thing about it is that it will happen again. We are afraid it will occur again.”
Speculation over when the building that hosted the event was first built has been raging since the disaster.
Reports say it could be anywhere from 70 to 84 years old.
Mr Carbonell made it clear that “checks have to take place” on any new additions to buildings as just one day before the floor caved in, the popular night spot unveiled a new terrace bar.
This new terrace at the Medusa Beach Club in Playa de Palma fell away at around 8.30pm on Thursday night.
Cops say it was likely caused by an overload of people on the first floor.
Carbonell added: “It’s clear that with a building of this age, with the materials used and the renovation work that has gone on over the decades, the original structure suffers and I think the collapse is linked to that.
“There’s a lot of buildings like this in this area.”
Other locals expressed their fury at the decay that was allowed to occur to the properties on the waterfront including the club.
Lourdes, who has lived in Playa de Palma for 40 years, told Ultimate Hora: “You could see it coming, the decline that the area has suffered is incredible.”
Another local called Manuel agreed saying: “All the buildings in this area are the same.”
BEACH HORROR
Abdoulaye Diop, 44, a Senegalese migrant living in Majorca, was the first of those who died last night to have been named.
He had been working as a nightclub doorman in the area who made headlines on the island in 2017 by saving a man who was drowning.
He is thought to have stopped off at Medusa Beach Club, on the beachfront promenade, after leaving the gym.
The fourth victim is a 23-year-old female Spanish worker.
It has now emerged nine survivors being treated in hospital are Dutch, the nationalities of the others are unknown.
Witnesses have spoken of their terror as they watched the bar collapse into the street as if a “bomb” had exploded and grisly footage emerged showing the immediate aftermath.
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Horrific footage shows people screaming, crying and fleeing, as bodies lay lifeless on the pavement.
Around 100 rescue workers ploughed through the night to search for anyone trapped beneath the rubble in what they described as a “nightmarish” scene.
Extremity services and products might be heard asking folk to book calm as they listened for sounds of any person trapped.
Palma’s Deputy Mayor Javier Bonet stated this morning: “We can now rule out the possibility there could be more victims.
“This morning around 2.30am firefighters finished the job of clearing all the rubble and concluded the rescue operation.”
Three days of mourning have now been declared for the victims.
The exact cause of the collapse remains unknown.
‘LIKE A BOMB’
Last night, hordes of emergency service vehicles rushed to the scenes of utter chaos on Cartago street.
All ambulances in Palma were ferried to the waterfront location which brimmed with rescue workers late into the night.
Local resident Javier told Ultima Hora the collapse sounded like “like a bomb” as he watched the terrifying events unfold.
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…some ran in the opposite direction and others towards the dust”.
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.
Aranda, who was with his wife at the time, said he stayed to help “get people out” amid “screams, wailing and crying”.
Eder Garcia, head of the Palma Fire Brigade, said from the scene overnight: “We received the first call around 8pm.
“The first floor terrace has collapsed, probably due to excess weight although it’s still under investigation, and it’s impacted on an arch below which has also come down and affected the basement where there was a table football table and there were people eating.”
Tragic photos confirmed dozens of folk comforting every alternative at the highway as they waited for information.
Psychologists have been also referred to as to the scene to assistance the ones affected by the shock of the faint.
A number of bystanders attempted to go into the wreckage amid fears that their family members have been trapped inside of.
Responding to the tragedy, President of the Balearic Islands Marga Prohens wrote on X: “Shocked by the information I received about the collapse of Platja de Palma.
“Sending all my affection and heat to the households of the 4 folk who misplaced their lives on this deadly incident and wishing the medication of the entire injured.
“Thanks to all the emergency services that have been dispatched to the scene and continue to work there.”
President Pedro Sanchez added: “I am closely following the consequences of the terrible landslide that occurred on the beach of Palma.
“I need to ship my comforts to the households of a dead body and my needs for a fast medication to the injured.”
The Medusa Beach Club is located just metres from Cullera beach in Playa de Palma, a beach resort east of the capital, popular with tourists.
Around 3.2 million Brits travel to Majorca each year.
Thursday’s collapse took place at the start of the archipelago’s high tourist season.
In 2009, a collapse of a three-story building in Palma de Mallorca killed seven people, including two Germans and three Colombians.
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