He number of people dead as a consequence of the roof collapse of a jack in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, ascended to 113 This Wednesday, international media reported.
Among the fatal victims is Merengue singer Rubby Pérezthe RFI site reported.
After the incident, the president of the country, Luis Abinaderhe declared three days of national mourning until Thursday, The Xinhua news agency reported.
The dawn of this Tuesday, the roof of the “Jet Set” disco collapsed, after a sudden blackout when Pérez presented.
Rescue operations in the Dominican Republic
At the scene of the accident are emergency equipment, including personnel from the COEthe Civil defensethe National Police and the Minister of Interior and Police, Faride Rafulwho are supervising rescue operations.
The retired general Juan Manuel Méndezdirector of COEHe explained that measures were implemented to ensure the safety of rescuers and to facilitate the effective development of rescue tasks.
General Méndez too asked the media to stay away And they will be located in a nearby service station, on Independence Avenue, to prevent journalists from interfering with rescue tasks.
In addition, he announced that Official updates would be provided every 30 minutes From that point, in order to keep the population informed about the advances in operations.
Source: Ambito
