Many victims are young people who attended the presentation of DNK, a very popular hip-hop group in the country; 155 remain hospitalized and arrest warrants were issued against four people
At least 59 people died in one in the early hours of Saturday (15) to Sunday (16) in. “There are 59 deceased people, of which 35 were identified,” said Interior Minister Pance Toskovski, in the city of Kocani, where the tragedy took place. He also reported that arrest warrants were issued against four people. At the moment, 155 people are hospitalized, according to the minister.
“Preparations to transport seriously injured people in the Kocani fire to reference hospitals in various European countries are underway,” said Stojanche Angelov, director of the Northern Macedonia Crisis Management Center. Many victims are young people who attended the presentation of DNK, a very popular hip hop group in the country, in the Pulse nightclub in Kocani, a city 100 kilometers from the capital, Skopje.
“They tried to resurrect people on the spot. The firefighters and the ambulance arrived in time, but it was not enough, ”he said in front of a hospital in the capital a young woman who was in the nightclub in statements to the local press. “There was a riot on the way out. I’m waiting for a friend, he has burns in his hand. At first, we didn’t believe there was a fire, then there was a huge panic and a rush on the nightclub, ”he explained.
The victims sent to the Kocani Hospital were between 14 and 25 years old, said the director of the Medical Center, Kristina Serafimovska. Among the injured, “70 patients arrived with burns and carbon monoxide poisoning,” he added. One of the members of the DNK group, Vladimir Blazev, suffered burns on the face and received respiratory assistance, the family said.
*With information from AFP
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