Authorities examine 15 people because of the club pulse of fire in northern Macedonia because bereaved families require answers
Kocani, northern Macedonia – North Macedonia struggles with the loss of dozens of young lives in nightclub while trying to keep responsible for calculating and preventing another accident. The fire went early through the overcrowded club pulse early Sunday in the eastern town of Kocani, leaving 59 people dead, and 155 injured from burns, smoke inhalation and polluted in panic escapes according to the unique outlet of the building.
Although the fire investigation is ongoing, the videos have shown sparkling pyrotechnics on stage by hitting Club Pulse’s ceiling and setting fire to the flame while playing the band.
People from the age of 16 were among the victims, and the nation declared seven days of mourning.
“We are all shocked, and I am shocked: as a mother, as a person, as a president,” N
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“I still can’t believe it is a terrible tragedy in Kocani reality. I don’t know what words to express my condolences to my parents and loved ones,” she said. “No one responsible should avoid law, justice and punishment! We do not allow anyone to endanger the life of innocent people.”
Safety violations, suspected “bribery and corruption”
“We even tried to go out through the bathroom, just to find bars (on windows),” 19-year-old Maria Tasev told Associated Press after winning from the flames. “Somehow I managed to get out. I went down the stairs and they overcame me, clapped me … I barely stayed alive and could barely breathe.”
She subscribed to her face injury.
State prosecutor said the preliminary night club inspection has discovered numerous violations of the security law, including the lack of emergency exit, an insufficient number of fire extinguishers and an irregular access to emergency vehicles.
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Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski said 15 people detained for questioning after the preliminary inspection revealed that the club operated without a proper license. He said the number of people within the club at least doubled the official capacity of 250.
“We have a basics for suspicion that there is a bribe and corruption in this case,” he told reporters without elaboration.
Authorities say they explore the allegations of bribery surrounding a nightclub that was full of young reveals and double capacity. And the Government of Northern Macedonia ordered a three -day inspection in all nightclubs and cabarets across the country, starting on Monday.
Northern Macedonia swinging with sadness and anger
The fire that shook the 2 million-in-the-way nation is closely enlarged family bonds have made a disaster for many-the last in a series of deadly fires at a nightclub around the world.
The country complained as people watched the torment of the scene in the city of 25,000 people, where rescuers performed their gloomy task of removing the coal bodies of the club for hours.
The fire caused the roof of one -story building to be partially demolished, discovering the carbon remains of wooden beams and debris.
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Anxiety parents gathered in front of the Hospital in Kocani and the capital Skopje, about 72 miles west, to update about the injured.
Waiting outside the Hospital in Kocani, Dear Stojanov was among those who received the terrible news that his 21-year-old son had failed.
“He was my only child. I no longer need life. … 150 families are devastated,” he told reporters. “The children are burned out of recognition. There are corpses, only corpses inside (club) … and bosses (from organized crime), just putting money in their pockets.”
The flags across the country are lowered in half of the staff, and the number of deaths can be further increased, and 20 injured in critical condition said the Minister of Health Arben Taravari.
Neighboring and nearby countries – Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Turkey – have already accepted many of those with the most serious injuries, while the Government talked to several other countries to expand the hospital transfer, the officials said.
“All patients who have been moved abroad are currently in a stable condition. We hope that they will remain so and that we will get positive news from abroad.” Taravari said on Monday, noting that several countries also send medical teams to northern Macedonia.
The puddles were made from leaders across Europe, as well as from the office of hospitalized Pope Francis.
“I have had a lot of difficult moments and challenges in my life, but today it is by far the hardest day of my life,” Prime Minister Hristian Mickoski said in a television address. “My heart breaks and today I have no strength to speak. I am broken and my spirit is broken.”
Late on Sunday, the inhabitants of Kocani kept a vigilance with candles in support of the mourned families, waiting for long lines to light church candles.
Beti Delon, an economist from Skopiji, said North Macedonia never experienced this tragedy, and dozens of young people disappear in a few minutes. And she noted that many young people with a bright future had already left the nation, looking for opportunities elsewhere.
“(North) Macedonia is on her death bed,” Delovska said. “We have no more credible institutions, the health system is completely dismantled, education is poor, the judiciary is partisan and corrupt on bones … I believe that now only God can save (north) Macedonia.”