Dominican Republic starts burying over 200 victims of nightclub disaster
Relatives and friends of some of the victims of the Jet Set nightclub roof collapse attend a mass funeral at the Polideportivo in Bajos de Haina, Santo Domingo on April 10, 2025. The death toll in the collapse has reached 218, security forces reported, as they concentrate on finding the last bodies in the area of the tragedy. More than 500 people were injured in the April 8 incident.
Heartbroken Dominicans on Thursday began burying loved ones who were among more than 200 victims of a nightclub rooftop collapse, even as dozens of people remained unaccounted for.
More than 300 rescuers, aided by sniffer dogs, had worked tirelessly since disaster struck early Tuesday to pull survivors from the rubble of the Jet Set club in the Dominican Republic’s capital Santo Domingo.
They called off the search for live victims on Wednesday night, and shifted their efforts to recovering bodies from the mounds of twisted steel, zinc and brick that remain of the structure.
Source: Vanguard News
