The pre-dawn blaze in the eastern town of Kocani left mostly young people dead and injured due to burns, smoke inhalation and a stampede in the desperate effort to reach the building's single exit, officials said. The post Fire rips through overcrowded nightclub in North Macedonia, leaving dozens dead in panicked escape appeared first on Boston.com.
A fire in an overcrowded nightclub in Kocani, North Macedonia, killed 59 people and injured 155, mostly young people, during a concert. The fire, reportedly caused by on-stage pyrotechnics, resulted in burns, smoke inhalation, and a stampede as people tried to escape through the single exit. The government has ordered inspections of all nightclubs, and other countries have offered condolences.
