Panche Toshkovski, Secretary of State, said at least 59 people were killed and 155 injured when a fire broke out at the nightclub in northern Macedonia on Sunday. The tragedy of the most deadly nation in recent memory surprised the small country in Southeast Europe.
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The police said they detained 15 people, including the club’s managers and the sons of the owner. He said there was no license in the company that operated the club. He added that some wars or current officials were arrested in connection with the incident.
“This license is related to bribery and corruption, like many other things in Macedonia.” “But I want to tell the Macedonian public that the name of those who publish this illegal license will be designated and responsible, unlike other times of the past.”
TOSHKOVSKI Sayed About 500 people were inside the club, but KOCANI’s clubs, about 50 miles east of the capital Skopje, were sold only 250 tickets. He said he torn the club of the eastern city of Kocani at a pop concert.
He said he died to confirm drugs or minor customers while working in the club.
Patients who were treated for injuries were between 16 and 24 years old, and Dr. Christina Serapy Moba, a hospital director in Connie To reporters. She said that many people died of stamps when embarrassed people tried to avoid flames.
Goran Georgijev, a 47 -year -old 47 -year -old Goran Georgijev, who lives on a short walking away, said in a telephone interview. He said that the daughter of a 17 -year -old neighbor died on fire like the sons of two friends. They said 21 and 22.
Georgijev said to his friends and neighbors, “I can’t call. “I don’t know what to tell them.”
GEORGIJEV added that he went to a nightclub when he was young. He said he heard the cracking sound around 3 am and then listened to the screams of the siren.
“I knew that something terrible was happening,” he added. “It’s a tragic day for all of us.”
The number of deaths can still rise. Ministry of Health and Minister of Health To reporters The 20 were in an important state and some patients were sent to the hospitals of other countries.
And it has caused painful memories of other tragedy for many people in North Macedonia, about 2 million small countries, contacted with Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Kosovo and Serbia.
In 2021, 14 people died in a fire at a hospital for patients with corona viruses. Same year, 45 people died When the Northern Macedonian sightseeing bus crashed into flames.
Ognen Janeski, who leads the Ethics Council of the Association of Macedonia, said in an interview that “every year we have a fire -connected tragedy.”
The fire situation in the club is unclear, but Janeski said that the official corruption contributed to many such accidents in North Macedonia. People already assume that it is the latest tragedy, he said.
“There are overwhelming sorrow and frustration between the public,” he said. “No one believes the system,” he added.
Some people are connected to Serbia in social media posts, he said. Last year, more than 100,000 people protested in Belgrad on Saturday, when 15 people died of a canopy collapsed at the train station. Many people condemned disasters about rough works related to corrupt civil servants.
Northern Macedonian government declaration I had a national mourning period for a week and I checked all nightclubs for the next three days.
The government said in a statement that “everyone who intentionally contributed to this tragic event and intentionally contributed to hazard of human life will be taken to the legal authorities.”
This fire is one of the deadly hells of clubs around the world in recent years. The room is often dark, crowded and noisy. People can struggle to evacuate quickly or to realize that there is an emergency.
Last year, at least 29 people died of a club fire in Istanbul. In 2023, 13 people died when a club complex was fired in Spain. In 2015, at least 27 people died in Romania in the fire, and in 2013, at least 233 were killed in Brazil. In 2003, 100 people died of fire at a club in Road Island, which began with fireworks.
Ognen Cancarevik, a journalist of Telma, a national television station, said in a telephone interview that KOCANI, a small village in the agricultural field, was devastated by tragedy.
“People are angry,” he said. “People want to answer and people want to know someone who is responsible.”
Young people often leave the country to find their work or higher salaries abroad, and many Macedonians are frustrated with low and corruption.
Cancarevik said, “The fraud is low.” “The last thing you need is this scale of young and innocent children dying.”
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