{"id":18467,"date":"2025-04-10T03:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T03:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dominican-republic-nightclub-roof-collapse-at-least-184-killed\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T03:33:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T03:33:42","slug":"dominican-republic-nightclub-roof-collapse-at-least-184-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dominican-republic-nightclub-roof-collapse-at-least-184-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic Nightclub Roof Collapse: At Least 184 Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The death toll in Tuesday\u2019s nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic kept steadily rising, as rescue workers using heavy machinery, drones and dogs worked into the night in a frantic quest to find survivors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By Wednesday morning, at least 184 people had died, after the roof suddenly caved in at about 12:45 a.m. during a concert at Jet Set, a popular nightclub in Santo Domingo. Its Monday night dance party was a decades-old tradition frequented by a who\u2019s who of Dominican society \u2014 many of whom were still trapped inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Among those either killed or injured during the merengue concert were a governor, a member of the Dominican Republic\u2019s congress and two former U.S. Major League Baseball players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere are not enough words to express the pain this event causes,\u201d the club\u2019s owner, Antonio Espaillat, said in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIM_K99vlN2\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a video<\/a> posted on social media. \u201cWhat happened has been devastating for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Officials said they were focused on rescues and had not yet begun to investigate the cause of the tragedy. The building, a former movie theater, was at least 50 years old and had been the scene of a fire several years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The authorities said it was unclear how many people were inside at the time of the collapse. Victims were still being pulled from the rubble, alive and dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">With each grim update, the death toll climbed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a series of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DILsIJeRQIs\/?hl=en\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">social media<\/a> <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DILqKfURcgX\/?hl=en\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">posts<\/a>, officials said rescuers made at least 155 trips to local hospitals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">So many people were injured that ambulances initially had to carry two or three to the hospital at a time, Juan Manuel M\u00e9ndez, the director of the Emergency Operations Center, said in an Instagram video shared by the national police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are taking out the people we can rescue alive,\u201d Mr. M\u00e9ndez said. \u201cYou can hear people asking to be helped.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jet Set, which has been open for 50 years, is one of the most <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/wanderlog.com\/place\/details\/2211434\/jet-set\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">famous<\/a> <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soundvibemag.com\/city-vibes\/jet-set-santo-domingo\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">clubs<\/a> in the Dominican Republic. It is especially well known for its <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jetsetclubrd.com\/nosotros.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Monday shows<\/a>, a staple of live music in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Anxious family members gathered at the scene under a blazing sun, desperate for news of their loved ones. Some people said they had up to seven relatives missing following the disaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Among those at the nightclub was Nelsy M. Cruz Mart\u00ednez, the governor of the Dominican province Monte Cristi, an area in the northwest of the country near the border with Haiti.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Cruz called President Luis Abinader at 12:49 a.m., while she was trapped in the rubble, the first lady, Raquel P. Arbaje, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=653668520632688\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters at the scene.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Cruz died later in a hospital, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NoticiasRNN\/status\/1909602322126156195\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Abinader said<\/a> outside the club Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe deeply regret the tragedy that occurred at the Jet Set nightclub,\u201d Mr. Abinader <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/luisabinader\/status\/1909532097645080828\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said on X<\/a>. \u201cWe have been following the incident minute by minute since it occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Octavio Dotel, 51, a former pitcher in the Major Leagues, was pulled from the rubble and taken to an area hospital. He later died, the Professional Baseball League of the Dominican Republic <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LIDOMRD\/status\/1909664270436233439\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announced.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Another former major league baseball player, Tony Blanco, also died, the commissioner of Major League Baseball confirmed in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Several members of the Dominican Congress were thought to have been inside the club, and several lawmakers went to the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Carlos J. Gil Rodr\u00edguez, who represents Santo Domingo in congress, was injured and required emergency surgery, his office said. His wife was injured and released from the hospital, but his two assistants who were also at the event have not been found.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMy dear brother!\u201d one woman screamed upon learning that her sibling had not survived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Another woman, Yeheris Ventura, sobbed as she described the anxiety of not hearing from her husband, G\u00e1lver Silvestre, who was at the club and whose name was not among the list of survivors or the dead that had been circulated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Monday\u2019s show featured Rubby P\u00e9rez, a merengue singer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eldeber.com.bo\/reel\/DILy4PxI063\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Videos<\/a> <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/notibomba\/status\/1909555462036467756\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">circulating<\/a> on social media and verified by The New York Times showed Mr. P\u00e9rez performing before a group of revelers. The camera began shaking and people started screaming as a large chandelier dropped from the ceiling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Another <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kathernandez\/status\/1909544416060092575\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a>, filmed in the aftermath and also verified by The Times, captured the extensive destruction, showing that almost the entire roof had collapsed, with rubble covering the stage and dance floor as rescuers searched the wreckage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Although the authorities had announced that the singer was at hospital, one of his siblings said those reports were incorrect and that the entertainer remained in the rubble, 14 hours after the collapse. Mr. P\u00e9rez has not been located, Mr. M\u00e9ndez confirmed late Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The son of the country\u2019s public works minister and his wife were also still missing, the authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cBut we hope in God and pray for favorable outcomes,\u201d the minister, Eduardo Estrella, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The commissioner of Major League Baseball, Robert D. Manfred, Jr., released a statement offering condolences for the death of Ms. Cruz and the two former players, noting that Ms. Cruz was the sister of Nelson Cruz, a longtime player and the league\u2019s current special adviser to baseball operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe connection between baseball and the Dominican Republic runs deep, and we are thinking of all the Dominican players and fans across the game today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Carlos Mendoza D\u00edaz, president of the Dominican Association of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors, said the Jet Set building was decades old and had recently been damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe have gathered information that it was not only a structure over 50 years old, built for a movie theater and later converted into a nightclub, and obviously these are different safety parameters,\u201d he said. \u201cWe also know that a fire occurred a few years ago, and perhaps the combination of these events could have caused the collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Nader Ibrahim<!-- -->, Amelia Nierenberg and Jonathan Wolfe contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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