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The death toll in the collapse of the nightclub ceiling on Tuesday in the Dominican Republic remained steadily, as rescue workers who used heavy machines and drones at night worked at a feverish endeavor to find survivors.
By Wednesday morning, at least 184 people died, after the ceiling suddenly occupied around 12:45 am during a concert in the Jet collection, a famous nightclub in Santo Domingo. Monday night dance ceremony was a contract that was frequented by the Dominican community-who many of them are still trapped at home.
Among those who were killed or injured during the Merengue party, he was a ruler and a member of the Dominican Republic and two baseball players in the American League.
“There are not enough words to express the pain caused by this event.” video Posted on social media. “What happened was destroyed for everyone.”
The officials said they were focusing on the rescue and have not yet started investigating the cause of the tragedy. The building, a former movie theater, was at least 50 years old and was a fire scene several years ago.
The authorities said it is not clear the number of people who were inside at the time of collapse. The victims were still pulled from the rubble, alive and death.
With every dark update, the death toll has risen.
In a series of Social media PillarsOfficials said the rescuers carried out at least 155 trips to local hospitals.
Many people were injured so that the ambulances were initially transferred to two or three to the hospital at the same time.
Mr. Mendes said: “We get out the people we can save alive,” said Minds. “You can hear people asking for help.”
Jet Group, which was open 50 years ago, is one of the most famous Clubs In the Dominican Republic. It is especially known as The two appearsEssential element in live music in the city.
Family members gathered anxious at the scene of the accident in the incendiary sun, desperate because of the news of their loved ones. Some people have said that they have up to seven of the missing relatives after the disaster.
He was among those who were in a nightclub Nilesi M. Cruz Martinez, governor of Dominican Province Monte Christie, is an area in the northwest of the country near the border with Haiti.
Mrs. Cruz invited President Louis Abyader at 12:49 am, while she was besieged in the rubble, and the first lady, Rakil Arbaji, He told reporters at the scene.
Mrs. Cruz died later in the hospital, Mr. Abenader said Outside the club on Tuesday morning.
“We regret the tragedy that occurred in a nightclub plane,” Mr. Abyader He said on x. “We have followed the accident accurately in the minute since it happened.”
Octavio Dotel, 51, is a former jug in the major championships, from the rubble and transferred to the area hospital. He died later, the Professional Biblical Association of the Dominican Republic Advertise.
The main Bibli Commissioner in the First Division confirmed that a former in the Bibli League, Tony Blanco, also died.
It was believed that many members of the Dominican conference were inside the club, and many legislators went to the site.
His office said that Carlos Jill Jill Rodriguez, who represented Santo Domingo in Congress, was wounded and had an emergency surgery. His wife was injured and released from the hospital, but they were not found in this event.
“My dear brother!” A woman shouted when she learned that her brother did not survive.
Another woman, Yeheris Ventura, crying as she described the concern of her husband, Gálver Silvestre, who was in the club and his name was not among the list of survivors or the dead that was circulated.
Monday show Rubby Pérez, Merengue singer.
Videos Trading On social media and verification of the New York Times, Mr. Perez showed a performance in front of a group of celebrities. The camera started shaking and people started screaming when a large chandelier fell from the ceiling.
last video,, Which were also filmed and verified in the Times, acquired the wide destruction, indicating that the entire ceiling had almost collapsed, with ruins covering the theater and the dance hall while rescuers searched the debris.
Although the authorities announced that the singer was in the hospital, one of his brothers said that these reports were incorrect and that the artists remained in the rubble, 14 hours after the collapse. Mr. Perez was not present, as Mr. Méndez confirmed late on Tuesday afternoon.
The authorities said that the son of the country’s Minister of Public Works and his wife were still missing.
“But we hope in God and pray for positive results,” Minister Eduardo Estrella said in a statement.
The Bibli Commissioner in the main league, Robert De Manfred, the son, issued a statement offering his condolences to the death of Mrs. Cruz and the former players, noting that Mrs. Cruz was the sister of Nelson Cruz, a long -term player and a special consultant in the current league of baseball operations.
He said: “The relationship between baseball and the Dominican Republic deepens, and we think about all Dominican players and fans throughout the game today.”
Carlos Menduza Diaz, president of the Association of Engineers, Architectural Engineers and Surveyors, said that the jet group was decades and had been damaged recently.
He said: “We have collected information that it was not a structure for more than 50 years, and it was built in a movie theater and was later transferred to a nightclub, and it is clear that these are different safety standards.” “We also know that the fire occurred a few years ago, and it may have caused the mixture of these events to collapse.”
Nader IbrahimAmila Nieernberg and Jonathan Wolf contributed to the reports.
