Day: March 17, 2025
Police have detained 15 people after a fire at an nightclub in North Macedonia killed at least 59 people, officials have said, the BBC reports.
The blaze broke out around 02:30 local time (01:30 GMT) on Sunday at the Pulse club in Kocani, where about 500 people had gathered for a concert by DNK, a popular hip-hop duo in the country.
Only one member of the band survived and was being treated in hospital, a spokesman for the public prosecutors office told the BBC’s Newshour. In total, 155 were injured at the concert.
Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said the detainees will be questioned, adding that there are “grounds for suspicion that there is bribery and corruption” linked to the fire.