While the victims of the victims mourned the loss of loved ones and held worried alertness in hospitals on Monday, the authorities in northern Macedonia said they were exploring the possible official action in case A A deadly hell in which at least 59 people were killed.
Officials said that Club Pulse, a nightclub where the fire broke out early on Sunday, operated with an illegally issued license document and missing the appropriate escape routes. The roof of the building set fire to the fireworks that was used during the concert, the officials said. At least 155 people were injured in a hell of a place that passed through the place.
“I’m not going to caress,” Prime Minister Christian Mickoski said On Sunday, adding, “There is no person in Macedonia who is not broken by the destroyed spirit after this.”
Mr Mickoski, who took over the authorities in June, said that the club, which was in Kocani, was about 50 miles east of the capital, Skopje, had a license document issued “for a bribe”. He said the document gives the seal of the Economic Ministry and the signatures of former officials there and that it was “issued illegally”.
“This is the culmination of a bad, neglected system,” said Mr. Mickoski, describing the effort of northern Macedonia to eradicate corruption, which the European Commission described the UA 2024 as a “serious concern” in the country.
The building where the Club Pulse was located was registered as an industrial plant – not a place for catering – but still received a permit for the hospitality of the Ministry of Economy, Public Prosecutor, Ljupco Kocevski, Ljupco Kocevski, said on Sunday.
Prosecutors seek to arrest former Minister of Economy Kreshnik Bekteshi, according to The deadState News Agency. Mr. Bekteshi did not answer the commentary request. Officers have detained another former official from the Ministry, as well as other officials in other government agencies.
Ljupco Papazov, Mayor of Kocanija, resigned on Monday. “Shock and brokenness that I think will last all my life,” he said on Facebook.
Some parents who lost their children in inferno expressed anger with Mr. Papazov for maintaining a low profile of the previous day. “Why isn’t the mayor here?” shouted Dear Stojanov, whose only child died in the fire, in the video from the Associated Press.
In an internet direct message, Mr. Papazov said he was busy with the coordination of help after the tragedy and that he resigned for indefinite “moral reasons”.
Mr. Stojanov said there was no reason to live after his 21-year-old son was killed. “I lost everything”, He said.
Mr. Stojan’s son was one of many young people who came to Club Pulse to see DNAPopular northern Macedonian group.
While the band performed, the Sparklers moved around them, shows the video. These are sparkling, the officials said, they were used illegally and it seems that they have started the fire. “Pyrotechnical devices used at a nightclub were brought by a band,” the Minister of the Interior in the country, Panche Toshkovski, said.
“Unfortunately,” he said, “the person who was responsible for their treatment passed away.”
One DNA member died, like other artists who performed that evening, Biljana Arsovska wrote, a spokeswoman for a public prosecutor, Ue -Poruci. She said the officers did not end with the identification of the victims.
“I feel like someone hit me with an aluminum baseball baton,” said Tijana Dapcevic, a Macedonian singer who knew some of the victims in an interview.
She said her friend, Sara Projkovska, died in the fire. Mrs. Projkovska was a professor at Cyril and Methotius University in Skopje, which she announced her death by UA Facebook post With its picture, smiling under the mane of hot pink hair.
On Monday afternoon, thousands of people gathered in Skopje at university, in honor of victims of fire, The news showed. Many also gathered to protest in Kocani, a recording of the news shows.
Pictures of victims have already begun to appear on the Macedonian social media, such as annual people whose lives have been interrupted in the middle of flames and smoke.
One was Petar Ivanovski, a young man with thick eyebrows and a smile, whose university confirmed his death of ua Facebook post.
Another, Andrej Lazarov, 25, was a professional footballer. Remembered him his team, FC Shkupi, Ua Facebook A photo that showed him how to play.
“Many children have suffered,” said Simeon Sokolov, whose daughter was on a respirator after smoke inhale, she said on Sunday night on the Serbian N1 television channel.
“Doctors do everything I can,” Mr Sokolov added, “but too much injured.”
Many, angry and bereaved, pointed out what they considered to be rough in care of the club.
There was no side door for the evacuation, said Mr. Kocevski, a public prosecutor: “Instead, there was only one improvised metal door on the back, which was blocked from the inside.”
The nightclub did not have a functional hydrant, he added. There were only two fire extinguishers, which he said was not enough for the size of the space.
Jon Hazell contribute to reporting.
