
Photos show shock and sorrow as Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse claims 27 lives
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At least 27 people were killed, including a provincial governor, and 134 more injured in the early hours of Tuesday when the roof of a nightclub in the Dominican capital Santo Domingo collapsed, authorities said.
Rescue crews were working to pull out people still believed to be trapped under the rubble, said Juan Manuel Mendez, head of the Dominican Republic's emergency operations centre.
Mendez did not give a tally of the number of people believed to have been inside the Jet Set nightclub, located near the coast.