Death toll rises to 184 in nightclub collapse in the Dominican Republic: Video
Dominican Republic rescue workers on April 9 ended the search for survivors of a nightclub roof collapse as the death toll neared 150 in the Caribbean nation's worst disaster in decades.
Emergency personnel said they had found 20 more bodies on Wednesday afternoon, a figure yet to be added to the official toll of 124. An official statement said Wednesday that "all reasonable possibilities of finding more survivors" had been exhausted, and the focus of the operation will turn to recovering bodies. "Today we will complete the rescue effort," said Jose Luis Frometa Herasme, head of the fire service in the Dominican capital Santo Domingo.
The tragedy which ocurred at the Jet Set nightclub in the early hours of April 8, sending shockwaves through the nation. Relatives of missing people were still waiting desperately for news Wednesday of their loved ones outside the ruined club, at hospitals and at the local morgue.
Over 300 rescue workers, aided by sniffer dogs, had spent two days combing through mounds of fallen bricks, steel bars and tin sheets, supported by firefighters from Puerto Rico and Israel.
