Floor collapse in CC Salytien disco injures 22

[Janet]

The collapse of a floor at a Playa de las Américas nightclub last night has left 22 people injured. Emergency services say that they were called out around 2.30am to the Butterfly disco in CC Salytien with reports of an incident in which several male and female tourists and residents of various nationalities suffered a range of injuries, mainly to legs and hips. No-one is in a life-threatening condition, and all have received medical treatment, some as in-patients in various hospitals in the south. Emergency services say that the incident was declared finished at 6am, allowing bomberos and council technicians to start underpinning the floor.

[Janet]

Bomberos de Tenerife have released this video showing the aftermath inside the collapsed disco.

[Janet]

The injury count has now risen to 40, apparently including one British victim, but none are said to be in critical condition. The "serious injury" count remains at two. Two neighbouring locals have now also been closed by the council. Arona police say that it is just a few years since another nightclub floor collapsed leading to the closure at the time of the Starco centre, while others are commenting that the poor state of the floor of some venues in the Salytien Centre has been known for some time, and that it is once again a shame that nothing is being done until a tragedy has occurred. Thankfully this "tragedy" has not resulted in anything worse than broken joints and limbs.

[Janet]

In a press conference, Adeje mayor José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga and Policía Local Commissioner Miguel Ángel Morales García have said that mercifully there was no-one in the local below the collapsed floor, something that clearly mitigated the potential for disaster. A judicial investigation has now been opened, and this will necessarily take its own course, and in the meantime, the council has closed the CC Playa Shop in its entirety, and is checking the state of the three adjacent commercial centres.   

[Medman]

Looking at the damage and the state of the place it's amazing that only two people were seriously injured. And lucky that the place below was empty. That would have been a different outcome I'm sure.

[Janet]

The following video shows the moment of the floor's collapse while Marta Monroe was on stage. I'm grateful to Shane Haigh-Sousa for the video, which I understand was filmed by Carlos Geovanny Quito Ortega. There is nothing gruesome in the video, but it is shocking at the end to see how suddenly the floor gave way.

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Christ, that's terrifying.  I would have been scared out of my brain.  I am very happy nobody died and that the injuries don't seem to be life changing. 

[Anne 2009]

omg, that is awful. I'm surprised there wasn't any fatalities. I caught a little bit of the story on the car radio this morning. It's shocking to watch it happen.

[Janet]

Foreign Office says more than one British victim, and they're in contact and assisting.

[macdonald5]

OMG how terrifying , after the Los Cristianos building collapse in April then this
We do all put our trust in 'them'. To ensure buildings are fit for purpose
Thankfully injuries bad but could have been so much worse
Speedy recovery to all involved xx