More than 180 people died in the roof collapse, including singer Rubby Perez
At least 184 people died in Tuesday’s collapse of the Night Club roof in the capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, rescuers said on Wednesday. They added that they had completed the search campaign and that they would now focus on finding corpses.
According to rescuers, the number of confirmed deaths increased to 184 after it took place on Tuesday in the morning during the singer’s concert Rubby Perez collapsed the roof of the Jet Set club. Among the dead is Perez.
« As all the reasonable possibilities were exhausted to find more survivors, the operation now goes into a different but equally sensitive and crucial phase: excavation of the remains, » said rescuers, who had crossed the ruins for two days and searched for survivors. « We will be here until we find all of us alive or dead, » emphasized the Director of the Center for Cases (COE) Juan Manuel Mendez.
Moreover, more than 150 injured are treated in hospitals. It is estimated that there were between 500 and thousands of people at the club at the time of the accident.
They have completed the search campaign. Photo: Martin Bernetti/AFP
Three -day mourning
President of the country Luis Abinader He expressed regret on Tuesday on the social network X for tragedy. He later visited the scene of the tragedy and declared a three -day mourning with a decree.
« Our hearts are with families and loved ones affected by this devastating event, » US State Secretary wrote on Wednesday on X Marco Rubio He added that there is also at least one US citizen among the dead. The condolences were also sent to the affected by the pope Francis.
