AT least 12 people have died after a ceiling collapsed at a nightclub during a concert in the Dominican Republic.
Emergency authorities rushed to the location to urgently conduct rescue operations aimed at saving any survivors trapped beneath the debris at Jet Set nightclub, located in the El Portal neighborhood.
The head of the Emergency Operations Center, Juan Manuel Méndez, verified the tragic event and mentioned that a comprehensive report would be made public at a later time.
He told Diario Libre: “More than 56 ambulances , each carrying up to three patients, have been dispatched to different hospitals.
“This is a very important situation.”
So far the condition of the singer at the concert, Rubby Perez, has not been confirmed.
People have gathered outside the nightclub as family members and friends of those who attended the concert wait for information of their loved ones.
One person at the scene of the horror ceiling collapse told Diario Libre: “We don’t know anything, no one is answering their phones.”
He explained that his cousins and friends were at the concert but doesn’t know where they are.
Senior military chefs are at the scene as emergency services work to rescue concert-goers under the rubble.
Emergency operations chief Mendez also revealed that President Luis Abinader is aware of the harrowing situation and “has not slept”.
A mere few weeks ago tragedy struck at a nightclub in North Macedonia after it erupted into flames.
During a concert overnight on Saturday, Club Pulse was engulfed in flames, resulting in the death of a minimum of 59 youthful attendees and causing injuries to another 155 individuals, with 22 of them in critical condition.
Local hip-hop duo, DNK, were performing at the time as harrowing footage shows flames starting to burn directly above the stage.
Video posted on social media shows how the building was quickly engulfed in flames as clouds of smoke billow into the sky.
Terrifying sparks can be seen bursting through the roof in a separate clip.
Those trapped inside the burning building were said to have frantically ran for the exit as smoke filled the venue.
Recalling the harrowing moment, she told Sky News: “The fire broke out suddenly and everyone started running for the exit.
“There were charred bodies. I don’t know… everyone is stressed.”
Around 500 people were partying in the concert hall at the time, according to local media, but only 250 were sold.
She was rushed to hospital to receive treatment before she started a frantic search for her missing sister who was also in the club.
