The accident left more than 100 injured and took place during a concert of a local hip hop band in a disco where there were about 1,500 people; The fireworks inside the site would have given rise to fire, according to minors 51 people died and more than 100 were injured in a fire on Saturday evening (15/03) in a night club in the city of Kocani, Macedonia do Norte, according to the Ministry of the Interior and the medical and police sources.
The fire started around 3 in the morning (local time, 23:00 on Saturday in Brasilia) at the Pulse NightClub, where around 1,500 people were present, mostly young, to watch a show by the Hip Hop Hop Hop Hop.
People connected to the organization of the event in Kocani were arrested, a city of 30,000 inhabitants located about 100 kilometers east of the capital Skopje.
The initial relationships in the local media indicate that the fire was caused by the improper use of fireworks within the night club. After the start of the fire, there was panic and an escape from the disco.
Many of the victims have died suffocated by smoking, while others died because of burns.
About 30 injured were brought to Skopje hospitals, which is an hour for cars.
Many parents are looking for their children on social networks, publishing photos and probing health centers in which the injured were sent.
The online newspaper online reports that the public service and the Ministry of the Interior have declared to continue working on the scene of the accident and are identifying the victims.
Macedonian Prime Minister, Hristijan Mickoski, announced that he will postpone a work trip scheduled on Monday in Podgorica, Montenegro.
Michoski will also request the postponement of the top of the Western Balkans, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Podgorica, according to his Skopje office.
In September 2021, another great fire shocked the country when 14 people died in a unit for patients with Covid-19 in the city of Tetovo.
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Source: Terra
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