Sofia Ferreira Santos,BBC Information
EPAThe terrace of a Majorca restaurant which collapsed final Thursday, killing 4 individuals, didn’t have a licence to function.
Palma de Majorca Mayor Jaime Martínez mentioned on Tuesday that the first-floor terrace was unlicensed for any exercise or use.
4 individuals died and 16 had been injured within the incident on the Medusa Seashore Membership.
Police mentioned the terrace caved in due to “extreme weight” being positioned on it.
Mr Martínez mentioned the property had failed a technical constructing inspection final 12 months, based on native media.
“The basement had a licence to function as a music bar, the bottom ground had a restaurant licence however the first ground wasn’t licensed for any exercise, nor was it authorised to make use of the terrace,” the mayor mentioned.
The town’s hearth division estimated that about 21 individuals had been on the terrace when it collapsed.
Eder Garcia, the top of the hearth division, mentioned that the restaurant had set a bigger desk for a bunch of vacationers that night as a substitute of spreading its tables throughout the terrace as traditional, which they imagine could have induced the collapse.
“There should not have been anybody up there,” he added.
The collapse occurred at about 20:30 native time (18:30 GMT) on Thursday.
EPANative media have reported that the terrace was partly renovated in 2013 with out the suitable permits from the town council.
Spanish newspaper El País mentioned the homeowners of the premises had been fined €4,500 (£3,830) for the violation in 2020.
The town council is now anticipating to evaluate the resistance of constructing supplies used for the terrace, based mostly on assessments of particles taken from the location.
Mr Martínez mentioned preliminary investigations supported the police’s earlier assertion that the terrace caved in as a result of there have been numerous individuals on it on the time.
The mayor added that a number of stories, ready by the town council, had been despatched to the police and the prosecutor’s workplace. He added that the town council will participate in any future lawsuits over the collapse.
One firefighter described the scene on Thursday as “nightmarish”, based on native newspaper Ultima Hora.
He added that when his crew arrived, individuals had been crying and screaming as they stood across the rubble on the ground.
Eyewitnesses recalled listening to a loud noise, which appeared like an explosion, on the time of the incident.
The victims had been a 23-year-old Spanish lady who labored on the bar, two German girls aged 20 and 30, and a 44-year-old Senegalese man, reported to be Abdoulaye Diop, who made nationwide headlines in 2017 for rescuing a person who was struggling in waters off the Majorca coast.
Solely one of many 16 individuals injured remains to be in hospital, authorities mentioned.
The Medusa Seashore Membership is one in all dozens of bars, eating places and inns situated simply off Playa de Palma, an extended seashore stretching eastwards from the town of Palma, which cater to vacationers who keep within the space.
Majorca is the biggest of Spain’s Balearic Islands within the Mediterranean.
Final 12 months, greater than 17 million individuals visited the Islands.