59 people died and more than 150 were injured in North Macedonia in a fire in a night club.
On Sunday night in a night club in the city of Kochani, a fire occurred. According to the preliminary version, to The fire was given by the use of pyrotechnics. The fire began at about 02:30 local time, during a performance at the Pulse Club, a popular local DNA group. About 1,500 people gathered at the concert.
During the performance, the group used pyrotechnics, sparks from which reached the ceiling, and it caught fire. Easily flammable ceiling material contributed to the rapid spread of fire.
People tried to extinguish the fire without leaving the club after the start of the fire. One of the visitors said that the visitors did not have enough time to understand what was happening, and the club began in the club. The ambulance, she said quickly, but there were not enough brigades – for the concert, according to the girl, “almost the whole city came.”
In Greece, after agreements between the governments, 18 victims of burns will be hospitalized. After the tragic incident, a telephone conversation was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece by Georgios Geraperpetritis and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of a neighboring country. The coordinated actions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Health and Politics were taken.
The Service of Protection and Emergency Medical Assistance of Greece assumed all the needs of the victims of burns, requested by the European civil protection mechanism.
18 wounded will be treated at the Papanicolau hospital in Thessaloniki and in military hospitals in Athens and Thessaloniki. Three seriously wounded at the age of 25, 25 and 19 years are already undergoing treatment in the Papanicolau hospital with extensive burns, one of them has already undergone surgery.
The Minister of Internal Affairs Panche Toskovski said that the authorities of Northern Macedonia are investigating whether there was a fire, as a result of which at least 59 people were killed in a night club in Kochani, a case of corruption. At a press conference in Kochani, where a tragedy occurred last night during a club concert, he said:
“This company does not have a legal license. This resolution, like much more in the past, is associated with corruption. ”
According to the Minister of the Interior, More than twenty people are considered suspects during the investigation. Among them – Two main participants in the hip-hop group DNKvery popular in North Macedonia. The group’s concert began at midnight. After about three hours, a fire broke out.
Among the suspects are the son of the club owner, director of the management company and employees of the security service. About fifteen people were arrested, including employees of the Ministry of Economics. According to Pande Toskovski, the rest of the suspects are hospitalized or located among the dead.
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