The roof of the Jet Set place in Santo Domingo crumbled In full concert of the popular merengue singer Rubby Pérez, which is counted among the deceased.
Dozens of relatives agglomerated around the disco, hospitals and morgue waiting for news or identification of their relatives. A list with victims names was placed on The canvas of a surrounding tent where the bodies arrive.
Non-stop, More than 300 lifeguards maintain search work Among the rubble of bricks, zinc sheets and steel bars of the disco.
From the air you can see The structure with the huge hole that left the roof collapsed.
The director of the Emergency Operations Center (COE), Juan Manuel Méndez, updated on Wednesday the balance of deaths to 124 and reiterated that from three o’clock in Tuesday afternoon (7:00 p.m. GMT) No more survivors have been found.
“We still have 24 to 36 hours more work“He told the press.” Hope is the last thing to be lost. “
The authorities The nationalities of the victims were not yet specified.
A construction crane supported block withdrawal, lifeguards also used Hydraulic hammers. In addition, Brigadistas of Puerto Rico and Israel help in operations.
There is no official balance on the number of concert attendees. The disco has capacity for 700 people at tables and about a thousand standing.
Jet Set said the eve that he collaborates “totally and transparently“With the authorities to”clarify what happened“
It is one of the greatest tragedies in this country, which received 11 million tourists in 2024. In addition, it is one of the greatest tragedies that occurred in a disco around the world in a decade.