Twenty two people, including a British tourist, have been injured after the floor collapsed in a popular Tenerife nightclub.

Dozens plunged into the basement of the Butterfly Disco Pub, in the Playa de las Americas area, as the floor gave way in the early hours of this morning.

Firefighters evacuated the nightclub near Adeje, in the south west of the island, and found 43sqft of the floor had collapsed into a 10ft drop below.

Of the 22 people taken to hospital two were said to be in a serious condition, although authorities said no one had sustained “life-threatening” injuries.

Tenerife officials have since confirmed a 59-year-old British man is among those injured and has been taken to hospital with a broken bone in his “lower body”.