Dept of Foreign Affairs on standby to help Irish tourists in Mallorca following tragedy
Four people have been killed in Palma, Mallorca and several injured after a building collapsed
The Department of Foreign Affairs is ready to provide assistance to any Irish tourists caught up in the building collapse in Mallorca, it has confirmed.
No Irish tourists have been reported injured in the incident in which four people have died, including two German tourists.
Spanish emergency authorities said four people have died and several more have been seriously injured after a building collapsed on the island of Mallorca last night.
"The victims are two German women aged 20 and 30, a 23-year-old Spanish employee and a 44-year-old Senegalese man," a police spokesperson said.
Emergency services said that seven people had been very seriously injured while another nine were seriously injured. They were being attended at local hospitals.
A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs said: "The Department of Foreign Affairs is aware of the incident and stands ready to provide consular assistance".
A search and rescue operation is now underway with emergency crews requesting silence so that can hear people who may be buried under rubble.