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Marija Tube was enjoying the night with his sister at the Pulse Club in Kocani, North Macedonia, on Saturday when a disaster took place.
They saw DNK, a popular hip-hop duo in the country, When a fire broke out who killed at least 59 people and injured 155 more people.
« Everyone started shouting and shouting » leave, go out! « , Said the 19 -year -old at Reuters.
People desperately tried to escape the flames, but there was only one outing for about 500 people, as the only other door on the back of the enclosure was closed.
« I don’t know how, but I ended up on the floor, I couldn’t get up and at that moment people started to step on, » Mrs said. Tasse.
He finally managed to put in security, but his sister did not.
« My sister died. He saved me and wasn’t. »
Ten suspects who believed in the fire, including « ministries who gave this license, » have been arrested.
AtmosphereThe fire started around 02:30 local time (01:30 GMT) on Sunday, when the sparks of pyrotechnic devices reached the roof, which consisted of highly flammable material, said Interior Minister Pance Toskovsky.
Described as an « improvised nightclub » by the local press, the precinct, located in a city about 100 km (60 miles) to the east of the capital, Skopje, did not have a legal license to operate, said Toskovsky.
Before it had been a carpet warehouse and the police are studying if the bribe and corruption were linked to the fire.
« Most of the dead were injured by the stampede that took place in the panic while trying to leave, » Kocani Hospital’s head, Kristina Serafimovska, told journalists.
« Seventy patients have burning and carbon monoxide poisoning, » he said, according to the AFP news agency.
Vladislav Gruev, a specialist in reconstructive and plastic surgery at the University Clinic for surgical diseases, has been treating survivors.
« Most have extensive injuries to the burn, above 18% of the surface of the surface body, the burns of second and third degree in the head, on the neck, to the upper torso and the upper extremities: the hands and the fingers, » he said.
« Many lost young lives »
On Sunday, the inspections showed several « abnormalities » in the enclosure, including « deficiencies » in the fire-lighting system, said the spokesman for the Biljana Arsovska Prosecutor’s Office.
Speaking outside the hospital, Red Cross volunteering Mustafa said that most of those who died were young.
« Inside where victims identify, the situation is much worse. You see parents are also young, at the age of 40. Their children are 18 or 20 years old. »
« The situation is brutal, chaotic, the stories are very sad and, unfortunately, many young lives are lost. »
A man, whose nephew was injured on the fire, said that some people have not been able to locate their children.
Pictures of gettyMany are angry and looking for answers, such as Draggi Stojanov, who lost his only child to fire.
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« After this tragedy, why do I need this life? I don’t need it.
« I had a son and lost him. »
North Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova said that he had to have accounts of what happened.
« None of the people in charge this time should avoid law, justice and punishment, » he said.
« Nothing is worth more than human life, specifically young life. »
He added the most serious injuries for treatment to specialized Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Turkey.
The Government has declared seven days of national mourning and will hold an emergency session as part of the ongoing investigations on how the incident was developed.
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