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At least 50 killed in North Macedonia nightclub fire, reports say


Fire broke out at hip-hop concert attended by about 1,500 people in town of Kočani, state news agency says

At least 50 people have been killed in a fire that broke out at a nightclub in North Macedonia where more than a thousand had gathered for a concert, the state news agency MIA reported.

Citing the interior ministry, MIA said “at least 50 people died in a discotheque in Kočani”, a town about 60 miles east of the capital, Skopje, where “around 1,500 people attended a concert”. AFP could not immediately confirm this information with the Balkan state’s authorities.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/16/north-macedonia-nightclub-fire-kocani-pulse

Author : Agence France-Presse

Publish date : 2025-03-16 08:34:00

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