16 Mar 2025

At least 51 killed in North Macedonia nightclub fire

9:44 pm on 16 March 2025
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At least 51 people have been killed in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia in the early hours of Sunday (local time), according to the state news agency citing the interior ministry.

Local media reports have said the blaze in a night club in Kocani town in North had left dozens of people either dead or injured. It is said to have broke out and spread to the ceiling and roof of the club, which burned quickly.

"The number of victims and injured in the fire is being determined," the public prosecutor's office said in a statement.

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- Reuters