The collapse of the roof on the NightClub of the Dominican Republic kills not less than 13

At least 13 individuals died after a roof collapsed in a disco within the Dominican Republic.

Many others are injured and the rescue are nonetheless working to free individuals from the rubble.

It just isn’t but clear what precipitated the accident, which occurred within the early hours of Tuesday throughout a live performance by the well-known Merengue singer Ruby Pérez on the Jet Set Discoteque within the capital, Santo Domingo.

The President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, expressed his condolences to affected households.

The director of the Emergency Operations Center (COE), Juan Manuel Méndez, stated he was nonetheless searching for individuals below the particles.

He added that ambulances had made 93 journeys to the hospitals within the space, generally transporting multiple affected person. Officials are nonetheless attempting to find out the overall variety of these injured.

The preliminary variety of these killed is 13.

Méndez claimed to hope that lots of the buried below the collapsed roof have been nonetheless alive.