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The first victim who died when the floor collapsed at a beach club in Europe has been named and pictured.

Abdoulaye Diop, a Senegalese migrant living in Majorca, was among four crushed to death at the Medusa Beach Club in Palma on Thursday night.

The tragedy comes just one day after the restaurant unveiled a new rooftop bar. More than 100 emergency responders swarmed the scene in the Playa de Palma and desperately tried to find those trapped under the rubble.

Four died, including nightclub doorman Mr Diop, who made headlines in 2017 when he rescued a man drowning in the sea.

16 others have been left injured.

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Abdoulaye Diop died when the floor of the Medusa Beach Club caved in (Image: Handout)

Just one day before the tragic accident, the Medusa Beach Club social media team on Instagram posted a photo of their new rooftop bar with the caption: "Totally different. New rooftop."

As well as Abdoulaye Diop, the others that died are belived to have been three women, according to local media.

One is believed to have worked with Dop at the beach, while the other two have been described locally as female tourists.

At least 10 people are feared to still be trapped under the rubble as emergency crews urged onlookers at the scene to be silent, while they listened for any sounds from potential survivors trapped in the rubble.

Crews reported that at least four people have died and 16 have been injured (Image: AP)

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Emergency crews asked people to be quiet so they could try hear those trapped under the rubble (Image: Getty)

Palma Town Hall has announced a three-day mourning period as the rescue operation continues.

Eder Garcia, the head of Palma Fire Brigade, provided an update from the scene overnight, saying: "The names of the victims including the survivors and their degrees of injury are known. There are several nationalities and what we know is that most are not from Palma.

"A lot of the names are foreign names but we don't know yet whether they include staff who were working there or whether they were visitors but we expect many will be tourists."

He further added: "We received the first call around 8pm. The first floor terrace has collapsed, probably due to excess weight although it's still under investigation, and it's impacted on an arch below which has also come down and affected the basem*nt where there was a table football table and there were people eating."

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