At least 50 dead after fire breaks out in North Macedonian nightclub
Topic:Disasters, Accidents and Emergency Incidents
10m ago10 minutes agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 8:48am
A blurry picture of two men walking inside a building
Some early footage as authorities attend the scene of the nightclub fire. (Reuters )
A fire that broke out at a nightclub in North Macedonia has reportedly killed at least 50 people and injured around 100 more, according to officials.
Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski told a press conference "at least 50 people died in a discotheque in Kocani", a town some 100 kilometres east of the capital Skopje.
Mr Toshkovski said "around 1,500 people" were in attendance in the nightclub Pulse during a concert by DNK, a hip-hop duo popular in the country.
He said the young club-goers used pyrotechnics that caused the roof to catch fire.
The interior minister added police have arrested one man, but didn't provide details on the person's involvement.
The injured were taken either to the local Kocani hospital or to Stip, some 30 kilometres south of the town.
Family members have gathered in front of hospitals and Kocani's city offices begging authorities for more information.
AFP/AP
Posted10m ago10 minutes agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 8:48am, updated3m ago3 minutes agoSun 16 Mar 2025 at 8:55am
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