Editor’s Observe [April 15, 3:20pm CST]: The dying toll from the catastrophic collapse of the Jet Set nightclub has risen to 231. This text has been up to date accordingly.
The roof of Jet Set, a well-liked nightclub within the Dominican Republic, collapsed early Tuesday morning and killed not less than 124 individuals, CNN studies. The dying toll has practically doubled to 231 per week after the catastrophe, Dominican Inside Minister Faride Raful informed reporters.
The lethal collapse occurred within the capital of Santo Domingo earlier than 1am Tuesday throughout a efficiency by in style merengue artist Rubby Pérez, whose physique was recovered Wednesday morning, based on emergency companies officers.
Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the Emergency Operations Heart, reported that 145 individuals had been rescued alive from the rubble. Nevertheless, the total extent of the disaster stays unclear, with the variety of individuals nonetheless buried unknown. Roughly 300 individuals had been contained in the venue when the roof gave approach.
Video recorded from contained in the membership and shared on social media seems to seize the terrifying second of collapse, exhibiting lights falling from the ceiling seconds earlier than the roof got here down, adopted by screams.
At 12:34 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, 2025 the roof of the Jet Set Nightclub, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic collapsed.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that not less than one American citizen and several other U.S. residents had been among the many lifeless. Former Main League Baseball gamers Octavio Dotel and Tony Blanco additionally handed, with Dotel—a World Sequence Champion in 2011—dying en path to the hospital after being pulled alive from the rubble, based on Méndez.
The collapse has affected the households of outstanding political figures as nicely. Nelsy Cruz, governor of the Monte Cristi province and relative of MLB All-Star Nelson Cruz, was confirmed lifeless by Dominican President Luis Abinader. In the meantime, the son of Public Works Minister Eduardo Estrella stays among the many lacking.
Outdoors the destroyed nightclub on Wednesday, distraught households gathered, clinging to hope that their family members would possibly nonetheless be discovered alive as rescue staff methodically labored by the particles. Of the 124 confirmed fatalities at Jet Set, 33 our bodies have but to be recognized, per CNN.
“We deeply regret the tragedy that occurred at the Jet Set nightclub,” Abinader mentioned in a press release launched on X. “We have been following the incident minute by minute since it occurred. All relief agencies have provided the necessary assistance and are working tirelessly in the rescue efforts. Our prayers are with the affected families.”
Authorities haven’t but decided what triggered the structural failure on the venue.
