AT least seven folks have been left injured after a ceiling of a Benidorm hotel collapsed on Easter Sunday.
Plasterboard and air-con ducts crashed onto 60 visitors eating at Poseidón Palace.
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Among the victims had been an eight-year-old lady and 78-year-old man who had been later discharged after receiving therapy.
When emergency services arrived on the scene, the roof in the primary restaurant was destroyed.
Three ambulances had been dispatched at 2.20pm, together with a Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance and an Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulance.
Red Cross personnel had been additionally requested to help the injured.
Medical services handled 5 males and two ladies for contusions whereas 5 different folks aged between 33 and 80 had been hospitalised after receiving therapy on the scene.
One of them now underneath commentary at Hospital de la Marina Baixa.
The nationality of the injured victims haven’t but been revealed however it’s believed they had been all holidaymakers.
Pere Joan Devas, basic supervisor of Poseidon Hotels, mentioned he had been “very shocked” when the ceiling fell.
It is presently unknown what induced the incident on the three-star spot.
Benidorm City Council has confirmed a municipal architect has arrived on the scene to set up the attainable causes and extent of the injury.
It will not be the primary such incident has plagued Benidorm accommodations.
An entrance roof on the towering Gran Bali hotel crumbled onto the pavement exterior in 2025.
Miraculously, nobody was injured, however the incident prompted speedy repairs on the landmark.
In 2023, one other hotel within the Rincon de Loix space suffered partial collapse throughout building works, delaying its reopening.
A municipal architect has been despatched to Poseidón Palace to decide the attainable causes and the extent of the partial collapse of the plasterboard ceiling, native media reported.
Around 900,000 British vacationers flock to Benidorm yearly, making it a major vacation spot for UK holidaymakers in Spain.
