{"id":60843,"date":"2024-05-28T19:46:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T19:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/28\/majorca-rooftop-terrace-in-deadly-collapse-was-unlicenced-says-mayor\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T19:46:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T19:46:23","slug":"majorca-rooftop-terrace-in-deadly-collapse-was-unlicenced-says-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/28\/majorca-rooftop-terrace-in-deadly-collapse-was-unlicenced-says-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Majorca rooftop terrace in deadly collapse was unlicenced, says mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A club in Majorca did not have a licence to serve customers on its rooftop terrace that collapsed, killing four people, a top official on the Spanish island says.<\/p>\n

Excess weight and poorly executed construction work seem to have contributed to the first-floor terrace at the Medusa Beach Club in the capital Palma caving in last Thursday<\/a><\/strong>, according to mayor Jaime Martinez Llabres.<\/p>\n

The rooftop of the restaurant and bar is believed to have come down under the weight of 21 people.<\/p>\n

“The basement had a licence to operate as a music bar, the ground floor had a restaurant licence but the first floor wasn’t licenced for any activity, nor authorised to use the terrace,” the mayor was quoting by the AFP news agency as saying.<\/p>\n

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No building permit had been submitted for the renovation work carried out on the terrace, he was reported as saying.<\/p>\n

He said a preliminary investigation showed the accident was caused by the excessive weight of a large number of people on the rooftop.<\/p>\n

Firefighters said the club usually spread its tables across the terrace.<\/p>\n

But that night it had set a larger table for a group of 12 Dutch tourists, which they believe may have caused the collapse.<\/p>\n

“There should have been no activity on top (of the building),” fire department spokesman Eder Garcia said.<\/p>\n

“There shouldn’t have been anyone up there.”<\/p>\n

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Two German women, aged 20 and 30, a 33-year-old Spanish woman and a 44-year-old Senegalese man died when the terrace buckled and came down at the venue in Palma – a tourist hotspot.<\/p>\n

The Spanish woman worked in the club, authorities said. A further 16 people were injured in the incident.<\/p>\n

Pictures showed multiple fire engines at the scene as emergency services worked to rescue people from under the rubble.<\/p>\n

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The terrace damaged both the street-level floor as well as the basement, where a disco was.<\/p>\n

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Mr Garcia said 21 people were on the terrace at the time of the tragedy.<\/p>\n

The building was located near the beach in an area that was packed with tourists.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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