REFILE: Police investigate nightclub fire after at least 59 killed in N. Macedonia

Record ID: 1984042

  • Title: REFILE: Police investigate nightclub fire after at least 59 killed in N. Macedonia
  • Date: 16th March 2025
  • Summary: KOCANI, NORTH MACEDONIA (MARCH 16, 2025) (REUTERS) ENTRANCE TO 'PULSE' NIGHT CLUB WHERE AT LEAST 59 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN FIRE INVESTIGATORS AT CLUB ENTRANCE VARIOUS OF CLUB ENTRANCE CLUB SEEN BETWEEN BUILDINGS POLICE GUARDING ANOTHER ENTRY TO CLUB VARIOUS OF POLICE STANDING BY TAPE PUT ACROSS ROAD TO SCENE FIRE ENGINE REVERSING VARIOUS OF POLICE AND MEN IN HI-VIS VESTS ST
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  • Keywords: Kocani North Macedonia dozens dead nightclub fire
  • Location: KOCANI, NORTH MACEDONIA
  • City: KOCANI, NORTH MACEDONIA
  • Country: Macedonia
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Fires
  • Reuters ID: LVA001919716032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Police have cordoned off a night club in the small North Macedonian town of Kocani on Sunday (March 16) after a fire ripped through the packed building in the early hours of the morning, leaving at least 59 people dead and more than 100 injured.
    One video from the event, verified by Reuters, showed a band playing on stage flanked by two flares firing white sparks into the air, some of which set the ceiling alight.
    State news agency Mia reported that police have detained the owner of the club over the incident.
    North Macedonia's Public Prosecutor Ljupco Kocevski said five prosecutors would investigate the incident.
    (Production: Ognen Teofilovski, Lewis Macdonald)
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