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The death toll rose from 11 to 25 on Wednesday as the search for survivors continued.
It is not yet known what caused the blast in the town's commercial area.
Smoke from the explosion and the fires it ignited could be seen wafting over the town for many hours afterwards.
President Luis Abinader, who visited the site of the explosion, said on Tuesday that "we are doing all that is humanly possible to locate" the missing.
Dozens of people were injured and many remain in hospital.