Santo Domingo: A devastating roof collapse at a nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic has claimed at least 184 lives, authorities said late on Wednesday, as the search for survivors turned increasingly grim. The nightclub collapsed on Tuesday, and for two days, families have gathered outside the wreckage of the Jet Set club in Santo Domingo, anxious for information about their missing relatives.
According to Emirates News Agency, Juan Manuel Mendez, Head of the Emergency Operations Centre, said at a press conference that emergency crews will continue to work until the last body is found. However, hopes of finding more survivors under the rubble were diminishing, as no one had been pulled out alive in more than 24 hours.