Death Toll From Nightclub Roof Collapse in Dominican Republic is at Least 98, Government Says

© AP Photo / Eddy VittiniRescue workers search for survivors at the Jet Set nightclub after its roof collapsed during a merengue concert in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
Rescue workers search for survivors at the Jet Set nightclub after its roof collapsed during a merengue concert in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 09.04.2025
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In the early hours of Monday, the roof of the Jet Set nightclub, located in the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo, collapsed while the club was full of people. Abinader signed a decree calling for a three-day national mourning for the victims of the tragedy.
The death toll from a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic is at least 98 people, the office of Dominican President Luis Abinader said on Wednesday.
A total of 155 people remain in hospitals, and the search and rescue work is still underway, it added.
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