Tenerife: Nightclub dance floor collapses, injuring 22

The dancefloor of a nightclub in Tenerife has collapsed, injuring 22 people.  Clubbers fell through the floor to the basement of the Butterfly Disco Pub at about 02:30 local time (02:30 GMT) on Sunday morning.  Several people suffered broken bones, including leg fractures.  The club is in a shopping centre in Playa de las Americas, […]

The dancefloor of a nightclub in Tenerife has collapsed, injuring 22 people. 

Clubbers fell through the floor to the basement of the Butterfly Disco Pub at about 02:30 local time (02:30 GMT) on Sunday morning. 

Several people suffered broken bones, including leg fractures. 

The club is in a shopping centre in Playa de las Americas, a clubbing hotspot in the south of the Spanish island popular with tourists.

Those injured are said to be from a number of different countries, including Spain, France, the UK, Belgium and Romania.