At least 59 people have been killed and more than 155 injured in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia, officials say.
The blaze broke out around 02:30 (01:30 GMT) at the Pulse club in Kocani, a town around 100 km (60 miles) east of the capital, Skopje, where 1,500 people were attending a concert by DNK, a popular hip-hop duo in the country.
Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski called it a “difficult and very sad day” for the country which had lost many “young lives.”
Indoor fireworks.
Four arrest warrants have been issued after a nightclub fire killed at least 59 people in North Macedonia.
More than 100 others have been injured following the blaze at Pulse in the town of Kocani at around 2.35am on Sunday.
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Tragic disaster in North Macedonia — dozens of young people burned alive in a nightclub fire
A fire broke out at a nightclub in the city of Kočani. At least 50 people have died, most likely very young.
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