At least 51 people are reported to have died in a fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia.
The blaze broke out while a local pop band was performing at around 2.35am on Sunday in the town of Kocani – allegedly after fireworks were set off inside the venue, interior minister Panche Toshkovski told a news conference.
Although the public prosecutor’s office said the “number of victims and injured in the fire is being determined” – 100 people are thought to have been injured, Mr Toshkovski said.
They are being treated at Kocani General Hospital, where relatives have gathered to await more information, newspaper Nova Makedonija said.
The country’s prime minister Hristijan Mickoski is travelling to the scene, it added.
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