At least 59 people were killed and 155 were injured when a fire broke out at night in a nightclub in northern Macedonia, said Panche Toshkovsky on Sunday. The Blaze, the deadliest national tragedy in recent memory, has horrified the small southern country -east of Europe.
« The loss of so many young lives is irreparable, and the pain of families, loved ones and friends is unmistakable, » wrote Ax. He called him « a difficult and very sad day » for northern Macedonia.
Mr. Toshkovski told journalists Those detention orders had been issued for four people in relation to the fire.
The fire occurred during a pop concert at the eastern city club in Kocani, Toshkovski said to Mr. journalists. He said that the fireworks had made the roof set fire.
A police officer died while on duty inside the club to check drugs or minor guests, he added. Officials have identified 35 of the dead, 31 of which were from Kocani.
Angela Aggeler, the North -American Ambassador in the country, wrote Ax« My heart breaks this morning for the many victims of the fire last night at a nightclub in Kochani. » He added: « The loss of so many young lives in a community is a terrible tragedy. »
Northern Macedonia, a small country of about two million people, is located between Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Kosovo and Serbia. The city where the combustion took place is about 50 kilometers east of the capital, Skopje.
For many, the combustion caused painful memories of a Fire at a North Macedonian Hospital for Coronavirus patients By 2021. At least 14 people died in that fire at a mobile hotel, which passed to Tetovo, in the north -west of the country.
This weekend’s fire is one of the several recent hells in discotheques. In 2024, at least 29 people were killed in a fire club In Istanbul. In 2023, 13 people They were killed when a club complex burned down in Spain. A 2015 fire killed at least 27 people In Romania, and a 2013 fire killed at least 233 people In Brazil.
In Kocani, the number of deaths can still increase: Arben Taravari, the Minister of Health, told journalists that 20 people were in critical condition.
Ognen Cancarevik, a Telma reporter, a national television station, called the episode « A terrible tragedy ».
« People are shocked, » he said in a telephone interview. « People are angry. People want answers and people want to know who is responsible. « »
Kocani is a small town, he said, and many people in the region work in agriculture. Young people often leave the country to find higher work or wages abroad, he said, and many Macedonians are frustrated by low wages and corruption.
« Morality is low, » Cancarevik said. « The last thing we need is a tragedy of this scale where young and innocent die. »
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