Dozens of deaths and 130 injuries after the Disco collapse in Santo Domingo

At least 27 people died and more than 130 were injured After the dysco ceiling collapsed in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican RepublicEarly Tuesday, the authorities mentioned.

Rescue teams They continue to search for potential survivors Among the ruins of the building, Juan Manuel Mendes, director of the Emergency Operations Center, announced. “We believe that many of them are still alive, and for this reason the authorities will not stop until there is no one person under these rubble,” he said.

Nelsi CruiseThe northwestern governor of Montonmentti died during the collapse of disco, known as the aircraft group. Among the injured Mernggie singer Rubby PérezHe was behaving when the ceiling collapsed, according to the authorities.

Its manager, Enrique Bolino, announced to journalists this The collapse began shortly before midnightAnd local time and what The ceiling collapsed Almost an hour later, causing the death of the saxophone in the group.

The authorities are fulfilled What caused the collapse From buildings. President Luis Abenader It has been written in X that all rescue agencies are working to help the affected. “We are deeply sorry for the tragedy that occurred in the Disco group group. We have followed the accident in the minute since it happened,” he said.

An official with loudspeakers that were outside the disco had to ask a group crowd, gathering to search for friends and family, from They will leave ambulances. In the hospital where the injured were taken, another worker read the names of the survivors between the affected families.