The collapse of the roof in the Dominican Republic club kills at least 44

At least 44 people died after a ceiling collapsed in a nightclub in the Dominican Republic.

More than 150 people were injured, and rescue workers have continued efforts to free people from the rubble.

The cause of the accident, which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday during a concert by the famous Merengue singer Rubby Pérez, in the Discutheque collection in the capital, Santo Domingo.

About 400 search and rescue workers have been published on the site.

The director of the Emergency Operations Center (COE), Juan Manuel Mendes, said that rescue workers are still looking for people under the debris.

He added that ambulances have made more than 100 trips to the region’s hospitals, sometimes carrying more than one patient.

Mr. Méndez said he was hoping that many buried under the collapsed ceiling were still alive.

Jet Set is a famous nightclub in Santo Domingo regularly hosting dance concerts on Monday evenings.

It seems that the video footage taken inside the club shows people sitting on tables in front of the theater and some dancing on music at the back while singing Rubby Pérez sings.

In recording a separate mobile phone on social media, a man can be heard next to the theater, saying “something fell from the ceiling”, while his finger can be seen indicating the ceiling.

In the shots, the singer Rubby Pérez appears to be also looking forward to the area that the man referred to.

After less than 30 seconds, the noise can be heard and the recording becomes black while the woman hears screaming, “Dad, what happened to you?”

A member of Rubby Pérez told local media that the club was full when the collapse “at about one in the morning.”

“I thought it was an earthquake,” the musician said.

The daughter of Robby Perez said that her father was among the trapped in the debris.

Speaking to the Derio Lieber newspaper, Perez Fernando Soto’s director said that the singer was alive but he did not know whether he had been transferred to the hospital.

It is understood that the former baseball star in the Bibli League Octavio Dute, 51, was inside the nightclub when the ceiling collapsed. He was withdrawn from the rubble, according to local media reports, but his condition and where its existence is still unclear.

The President of the Dominican Republic, Louis Abenader, expressed his condolences to the affected families.