Emergency personnel late Wednesday reported 60 more deaths compared to the morning's count, with the total confirmed tally reaching 184.
“Today we will complete the rescue effort,“ said Jose Luis Frometa Herasme, head of the fire service in the Dominican capital Santo Domingo, where the tragedy ocurred at the Jet Set nightclub in the early hours of Tuesday, sending shockwaves through the nation.
Over 300 rescue workers, aided by sniffer dogs, had spent two days combing through mounds of fallen bricks, steel bars and tin sheets, supported by firefighters from Puerto Rico and Israel.
Over 500 people were also injured when the roof caved in while renowned merengue singer Rubby Perez was performing for a crowd of hundreds.
'A lot of pain'
The remains in one body bag resembled his son’s height and build, said Hernandez, but he did not investigate. “I don’t have the stomach to find out the worst yet.”
“We haven’t found him on the lists or in the hospitals,“ she said.
“Our hearts go out to the families and loved ones affected by this devastating event,“ he wrote on X.
Merengue 'idol' mourned
A video posted on social media showed the venue suddenly plunged into darkness while Perez was singing.
Tributes to the singer, known for hits such as “Volvere” and “Enamorado de Ella,“ poured in from across Latin America.
Perez’s former band leader Wilfrido Vargas said he was “devastated” at the death of an “idol of our genre.”
President Luis Abinader declared three days of national mourning.
Iris Pena, a survivor, told local television that she made for the door after “dirt started falling like dust” into her drink and then a stone fell and cracked the table where she was sitting.
The Jet Set club said Tuesday saying it was working with authorities probing the disaster -- one of the worst in Dominican history.
In 2005, more than 130 prisoners in the east of the country died in a fire caused by a fight between inmates.
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