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- Officials say 221 people have died in the tragic incident.
- The government says it will launch a thorough investigation once the recovery phase is over.
- Doctors have warned that many of those injured remain in a critical condition in hospital and are not in the clear yet.
“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 occurred at the Jet Set nightclub on Tuesday.
The Jet Set club said on Tuesday it was working with authorities probing the disaster, one of the worst in Dominican history. Source: AAP / XP3 GROUP / EPA
In the days since, relatives of missing people have continued waiting desperately for news of their loved ones outside the ruined club, at hospitals, and at the local morgue.
Pérez and two former Major League Baseball players were among the dead.
Pérez’s former band leader Wilfrido Vargas said he was “devastated” at the death of an “idol of our genre”.
Family members mourn during the memorial of Octavio Dotel, a former MLB baseball player who died at the Jet Set nightclub. Source: AAP / Matias Delacroix / AP
The baseball world meanwhile, mourned the death of Octavio Dotel, a 51-year-old baseball pitcher who won the World Series with the St Louis Cardinals in 2011, and Tony Blanco, 45, who also played in the United States.
