Governor, 26 others feared dead in Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse

No fewer than 27 people, including a provincial governor, were feared killed and 134 more injured in the early hours of Tuesday when the roof of a nightclub in the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo, collapsed.
Head of the Dominican Republic's Emergency Operations Centre, Juan Manuel Mendez, said rescue crews were working to pull out people still believed to be trapped under the rubble.
Mendez did not provide a tally for the number of people thought to have been inside the Jet Set nightclub, located near the coast.
According to President Luis Abinader, the dead included Nelsy Cruz, governor of the northern Monte Cristi province.
“We deeply regret the tragedy. Our prayers are with the affected families,”; he wrote on X, adding that authorities were working tirelessly to recover the victims.