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| Seven killed in Majorca collapse | |
| (about 6 hours later) | |
| At least seven people died when a residential building collapsed overnight in Majorca's capital Palma, in the Spanish Balearic Islands. | |
| The three-storey structure, said to be at least 50 years old, collapsed at about 0030 (2230 GMT on Sunday). | The three-storey structure, said to be at least 50 years old, collapsed at about 0030 (2230 GMT on Sunday). |
| Rescuers are searching for more people who are unaccounted for, and believed to be in the rubble. Four others were injured in the collapse, two seriously. | Rescuers are searching for more people who are unaccounted for, and believed to be in the rubble. Four others were injured in the collapse, two seriously. |
| The local gas supplier has ruled out a gas leak as a possible cause. | The local gas supplier has ruled out a gas leak as a possible cause. |
| Spanish media quote some neighbours as saying the building had been in a poor condition. | |
| At least three Colombians are reported to be among those killed. | |
| Earlier the death toll stood at five, but two more bodies were recovered from the rubble on Monday afternoon. A 16-year-old girl and an elderly couple in their 60s were among the dead, Spanish media report. | |
| Eight people were registered as residents at the address, though several more are believed to have been there at the time. |