At least 59 people died and around 150 were injured after a fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia, with the country’s interior minister blaming pyrotechnics.
A massive fire at an overcrowded nightclub in Kocani, North Macedonia, killed at least 59 people and injured 155 during a chaotic escape from a live concert.
Pyrotechnics have often been the cause of deadly fires in nightclubs, including the one at the Colectiv club in Bucharest, Romania, in 2015 in which 64 people died.
A fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia early Sunday, killing 59 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks set the venue ablaze, authorities
A massive nightclub fire killed 51 people early Sunday in North Macedonia 's eastern town of Kocani, and injured more than 100. The blaze broke out during a concert by a local pop group.
Officials in North Macedonia said pyrotechnic devices used during a concert at Pulse nightclub sparked a fire that killed a least 51 people and injured over 100 others.
Fifty-one people were killed and more than 100 injured when a fire broke out in a nightclub early on Sunday in the North Macedonian town of Kocani, Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said.
Fire ripped through a packed nightclub early on Sunday in the North Macedonian town of Kocani, killing 59 people and injuring more than 150, officials said, after sparks ignited the roof above a live band.
By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Officials in North Macedonia are investigating a fire that tore through a nightclub killing 59 people and injuring more than 150, with many crushed in the rush to escape flames suspected to have been sparked by on-stage pyrotechnics.
LONDON and BELGRADE -- Dozens of people were killed in a fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia's southern city of Kocani, local authorities said Sunday. At least 51 people -- all aged 18 to 23 -- were killed, Dr. Kristina Serafimova, the head of the Kocani General Hospital, told ABC News.
A fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia killed 59 people and injured 155 more after a pyrotechnics display went out of control during a concert early Sunday.
KOCANI, North Macedonia (AP) — A massive fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia ’s eastern town of Kocani early Sunday, killing 59 people and injuring
