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Seven Hurt as Dining-Room Ceiling Collapses at Benidorm Hotel

A city architect is reviewing the damage to determine the cause.

Overview

  • The dining-room ceiling that collapsed at the Hotel Poseidon Palas on Sunday left seven guests with contusions and no fatalities.
  • An 8-year-old boy and a 78-year-old man were treated at the scene and discharged.
  • Five others, ages 33 to 80, were taken to Clínica de Benidorm and Hospital Marina Baixa, with one kept under observation.
  • The regional emergency center CICU sent an advanced life-support crew, a basic life-support ambulance, and a transport unit, with Red Cross teams assisting.
  • About 60 people were in the dining room when plaster and air-conditioning ducts fell, and a municipal architect is assessing the ceiling.