At least 28 dead and 160, with the collapse of the roof in the Dominican Night Dome.

The authorities said that at least 28 people had passed away and 160 others were injured in the Dominican capital early Tuesday when the ceiling collapsed in a creative nightclub where politicians, athletes and others attended the Miringo party.

Emergency Operations Director Juan Manuel Mendes said that the crews were looking for potential survivors in the rubble in a single -storey nightclub in Santo Domingo.

“We assume that many of them are still alive, and for this reason the authorities will not surrender here so that one person does not remain under these rubble,” he said.

Nearly 12 hours of the collapse of the upper part of the nightclub on sponsors, the rescue sets still pulled the survivors of the debris. In the scene, firefighters removed broken concrete blocks and covered wooden panels to lift heavy debris as the noise fills in the exercises that fill through the air concrete.

“This is a very wonderful tragedy

Nelsi Cruz, the governor of the northwestern Montecraste province and sister of the Grand Bibli League in the Grand League Nelson Cruz, was among the victims. The first lady, Rakella Taji, told reporters, she called President Louis Abyader at 12:49 am, saying she was besieged and that the ceiling had collapsed. Officials said Cruz later died in the hospital.

“This is a very big tragedy,” Abraj said with a broken voice.

Meanwhile, the wounded include the former major baseball jug of Octavio Dutel, the legislator, Brai Vargas and the Merngo singer Ruby Perez, who was performing when the ceiling collapsed.

The director of the group says the group, the director says

The director of the singer, Enrique Bolino, whose blood shirt, told correspondents at the scene that the ceremony had started shortly before midnight, with the ceiling collapsed approximately an hour later, killing the group of saxophone in the group.

“It happened quickly. I managed to throw myself in a corner,” said Bolino.

It was not immediately clearly the cause of the ceiling collapse.

Jet Set issued a statement saying it is cooperating with the authorities. “The loss of human life leaves us in a state of deep pain and dismay,” he said.

Manuel Olivo Ortz, whose son attended the concert but did not return to their homes, was among those who are eagerly waiting for the club known for his traditional parties held on Monday, where the famous national and international artists perform.

Ortz said: “We only stick to God.”

The word was also waiting for Massel Couvas, the 22 -year -old Darlinis Batista.

“I am waiting for her. She is there, and I know she is there.”

President Abyader wrote on X that all rescue agencies “work tirelessly” to help the affected.

“We regret the tragedy that took place in a group nightclub.

Abinader arrived at the scene and embraced those looking for friends and family, and some of them with tears flowing on their faces. He did not speak to the correspondents.

An official stood with loudspeakers outside the club calling for the great crowd to search for friends and relatives to give the ambulance space.

“You have to cooperate with the authorities,” he said. “We remove people.”

In one of the hospitals in which the injured were taken, an official stood abroad, and loudly read the names of the survivors, where a crowd gathered around them and shouted the names of their loved ones.