At least 113 people have died and about 255 have been injured after the collapse of the Jet Set Set disco in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, during the early hours of Tuesday, April 7.
At the time of the events hundreds of people danced in the Jet Set place – very popular in Santo Domingo and crowded by country’s personalities – when the roof collapsed over midnight. It is likely that the number of deaths in the enclosure, whose capacity is 2,000 people, continue to rise.
At the time of the collapse he acted on the stage of the jet set the Dominican merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who has died. Among the identified dead is also a member of his band, the saxophonist Luis Solís.
The authorities of Santo Domingo continue to investigate the reasons for the collapse of the Jet Set roof, a disco with 50 years of history that already suffered a mishap in 2023 when its power plant caught fire because of a lightning lightning.
In the last hours, music personalities such as Cardi B -which is of Dominican descent -, Ricky Martin, Natti Natasha, Olga Tañón or Emilio Estefan have lamented the tragedy through their networks.
