Burials begin as the search ends for victims in the Dominican nightclub collapse that killed 221
- A cement roof collapsed at the Jet Set nightclub early Tuesday in the Dominican Republic, killing 221 people.
- The collapse occurred during a merengue concert by Dominican singer Rubby Prez at the popular club.
- Crews searched the rubble for more bodies; first responders rescued 189 people, but no one was found alive after Tuesday afternoon.
- Wendy Sosa told the Associated Press that the situation was chaotic; Sosa said, "The odor is unbearable."
- Memorials occurred Thursday, April 10, and the government will investigate the cause of the collapse after recovery ends.
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Rays’ Junior Caminero hit hard by Dominican Republic club tragedy
TAMPA — When Junior Caminero hit his first homer of the season Tuesday, he had to fight back tears. Though his head was in the game against the Angels, his heart was in his native Dominican Republic, where at least 184 people were killed when the roof collapsed at a popular nightclub 10 minutes from his Santo Domingo home. “We were talking about it before the game, and I wanted to hit it for them,” Caminero said Wednesday via team interpreter Ed…
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