Overview
- Emergency services were alerted before dawn to a rockfall at Cala Sant Esteve in Es Castell, where a man died and his partner was hospitalized in serious condition at Mateu Orfila.
- A boulder roughly five meters across pierced the rear of a three-dwelling building and came to rest on the ground-floor bedroom where the couple slept.
- Rescuers from 061, firefighters, Guardia Civil, local police, and Protección Civil worked through the night; the woman was freed from rubble at about 7:30 a.m.
- Neighbors in adjacent homes were evacuated as crews shored up the damaged structure and began debris removal with a heavy crane, with stabilization efforts ongoing.
- The Balearic government has PLATERBAL at level 0, and a RiscBal team is traveling Wednesday to evaluate cliff risks and recommend measures, with local officials linking the instability to unusually heavy winter rains.