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Nightclub fire in North Macedonia kills at least 50: state agency

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By AFP | Mar 16, 2025

**At least 50 people kiled after fire breaks out in a night club in North Macedonia.**[File, Standard]

A fire that broke out at a nightclub in North Macedonia where more than a thousand people had gathered for a concert killed at least 50 people, state news agency MIA reported on Sunday.

Citing the interior ministry, MIA said "at least 50 people died in a discotheque in Kocani", a town some 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of the capital Skopje, where "around 1,500 people attended a concert". AFP could not immediately confirm this information with the Balkan state's authorities.

The agency reported that the fire broke out in "Pulse", a nightclub in the small town with around 30,000 inhabitants during a concert by DNK, a hip-hop duo popular in the country.

The concert that started at midnight on Sunday was attended mainly by young people.

Online media outlet SDK reported that the fire started at 3 am (0200 GMT), and gave a tally of more than 100 injured citing rescue sources.