Death toll from nightclub roof collapse reaches at least 79

Rescue workers search for survivors at the Jet Set nightclub after its roof collapsed during a merengue concert in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Eddy Vittini/AP)

The death toll from a collapsed roof at a nightclub in the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo has reached at least 79, authorities said.

At least 160 were injured with crews searching for potential survivors in the rubble at the one-storey Jet Set nightclub, said Juan Manuel Mendez, director of the Centre of Emergency Operations.