When families gathered outside a hospital to update, Tomco Stojanov had already received the devastating news. His 25 -year -old son, Andrej, had been killed on Sunday in a fire at the nightclub that left dozens of dead, many stepped on during a desperate commitment to escape.
« Thank you for your condolences, but my pain is incurable. The wound is incurable, » said Stojanov, with a photograph of his son, a shaved clean and carrying a jacket.
Northern Macedonia is affecting the loss of dozens of young lives at the Sunday nightclub in the eastern city of Kocani, while trying to take into account and avoid another calamity.
The fire was broken by the powder of the Club piled during a live concert, leaving 59 people dead and more than 150 burns, smoke inhalation and step on panic flight to the single exit of the building. The Minister of Health, Arben Taravari, said that about 20 of the injured were in critical condition.
The videos showed sparkling pyrotechnics on stage that hit the club’s roof and burned the combustion while playing a band.
The fire that shook the nation of two million, where the good family of extensive closely made the disaster to be personal for many, was the most recent in a series of mortal dishes of nightclubs around the world. The 16 -year -old people were among the victims and the nation stated seven days of mourning.
« We are all in a state of shock and I am surprised: as a mother, as a person, as president, » said North Macedonian President Gordana Davkova Siljanovska, in an address to the nation Sunday night.
On Sunday afternoon, Kocani residents had a surveillance of candles in support of mourning families, waiting in long lines to light the church’s candles.
Safety code violations
Authorities say that they are investigating the allegations of bribe that surrounds the nightclub that was plastered with young revealing and double capacity. And the Northern Macedonian government ordered a three -day inspection to be performed on all nightclubs and cabarets across the country, from Monday.
State prosecutor Ljupco Kocevski said a preliminary nightclub inspection had revealed numerous security code violations, including lack of emergency exits, insufficient number of fire extinguishers and misunderstanding for emergency vehicles.
The fire caused the roof of the one -floor building to partially collapse, revealing the carbonized remains of wooden beams and remains.
« The omissions are significant. I can safely say that this is a failure of the system, » the prosecutor said to journalists, who also pointed out the lack of an extinguishing system and fire alarms and the use of flammable materials to align the interior walls.
The country was in mourning, while the people were looking at the city of 25,000 people, where the lifeguards for hours carried out their dim task of removing the carbonized bodies from the clubs.
A state coroner said that bodies were heard for identification in Morgues batches due to the high number of people killed.
Officials said 10 people remain in police custody to interrogate in Kocani, about 115 kilometers east of the capital, Skopje. Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski added that a preliminary inspection revealed that the club was working without a proper license. He said that the number of people inside the club was at least twice the official capacity of 250.
The condolences were poured from leaders throughout Europe, as well as from the Pope Hospitalized Pope Francesc office.
Neighborhood and neighboring countries (Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Turkey), together with others, have already accepted about 50 patients with the most serious injuries.
« All patients who have been transferred abroad are currently in a stable state. We hope it will remain like this and we will receive positive news from abroad, » said Taravari.
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