Mourning has been immersed after the fire in Kotsani’s club that left behind 59 new dead and 160 injured: and hundreds of students I gathered in front of the University in Skopje to honor the victims holding flowers, trying to light.
A gathering was also held in Kotsani, where dozens of people stood in the queue to sign the book of condolences.
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According to the first indications, during the concert on Saturday night to Sunday in a club in the village of Kotsani, 110 kilometers east of Skopje.
“It is most likely that the sparks arrived at the ceiling made of flammable materials, then within a very short time, the fire expanded throughout the discotheque and formed dense smoke,” the Minister of Interior said during a press conference.
Corruption Research – 15 arrests
The building, at the exit of the village, operated without permission.
The list of omissions in the field of Pulse Diskotek is long, according to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, from the lack of adequate firefighting to the absence of two security costs or tobacco detectors, the lack of permission for the use of fireworks …
On Saturday night, 250 tickets had been sold for his very popular hip-hop DNK concert, but 500 people were in the club, according to the interior ministry.
One singer of the band is dead, the other injured.
Police have arrested 15 people, with the interior minister declaring that there are “” linked to the fire.
The mayor of Kotsani resigned
Earlier, Kotsani Mayor Luppso Papazov filed his irrevocable resignation for reasons of drunkenness, he said.
The Prime Minister of Northern Macedonia and the leader of the ruling VMRO-DPMNE party, Christian Mitskoski, from the ranks of the party, which the resigned mayor of Kotsani came from, has shown the latter’s energy to resign, though he did not, as he said.
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Concentrations in Skopje
A few thousand students and students gathered at noon at the Square of the State University of the city “Cyril and Methodius” to pay tribute to the 59 dead of the tragedy that occurred Sunday morning at a nightclub in Kotsani.
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The gathered signed in the book of condolences and lit candles in the memory of the victims, and announced that similar rallies would take place daily until March 21st.
This gathering in Skopje was also attended by the Minister of Education of Northern Macedonia, Vesna Yanevska.
In the city of Kotsani, thousands of residents, in a climate of deep regrets and suffering and in rainy weather, flock to the city park in the morning where they also sign in the book of condolences and light candles in memory of the dead, demanding that they are responsible for responsibility and the administration of justice.
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In the afternoon, the protesters began protesting the main streets of Kotsani. The march ended up in front of the city town hall.
The rallies were in peace, and the presence of the police is discreet.
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They broke the coffeeowner of the club’s owner
However, shortly thereafter, serious incidents broke out in the city of Kotsani, outside the store of one of the club owners, where the deadly fire broke out.
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Three Burns in “Papanikolaou” – two at 424
There are three injured burns in the tragic multipurpose incident, which occurred yesterday in a discotheque in Kotsani, Northern Macedonia, remain at the Papanikolaou Hospital ICU, which occurred yesterday.
According to reports, two of the injured have undergone surgery, while the third party did not. There is no information or notice to the hospital for other incidents. Also, according to reports, two other injured were testified in 424.
SEGE: Hosting to relatives of injured
Hosting to relatives of injured who suffered burns in the fire in Kotsani, Northern Macedonia and transported to the “Papanikolaou” in Thessaloniki, will be offered by the Hellenic Women’s Entrepreneurs Association (SEGE).
As the President of the Association Lina Tsaltabassi explained to the Athens/ Macedonian News Agency, they have been in contact with the respective Association in Northern Macedonia, the Association of Business Women (ABW) from the first moment to express their solidarity and to express their solidarity.
“Female businessmen in the neighboring country are already hosting in their homes, in Skopje, relatives of burns who are hospitalized in the area, and we are in constant contact with them, joining our strengths in these difficult times.”
According to Mrs Tsaltambassis, when searching for accommodation in Thessaloniki to accommodate relatives of the injured who are transported for hospitalization in the city, there has been immediate response and have 5-6 beds available for houses.
“Relatives have not yet come as companions but we are ready and in constant communication with the respective link in Northern Macedonia to meet the needs that will arise,” Ms. Tsaltabassi said.
