Rescuers have worked frantically since the collapse in the early hours of Tuesday to dig out survivors from the rubble of the Jet Set club in Santo Domingo, the Caribbean nation’s worst disaster in decades.
He said that 189 people had been “rescued alive” since the collapse.
Among the dead were famed merengue singer Rubby Perez, who was performing on stage as the roof caved in, as well as two former Major League Baseball players and a local politician.
“Our rescue workers are already concluding the search,“ Mendez said.
Authorities ruled out the possibility of finding any more survivors late Wednesday.
The government said it will open an inquiry into the disaster as soon as the rescue operations have been completed.
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