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Death toll from North Macedonia nightclub fire rises to 59
bbc ^ | 03/16/2025 | Rachel Hagan

Posted on 03/16/2025 7:16:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The blaze broke out around 02:30 (01:30 GMT) at the Pulse club in Kocani, a town around 100 km (60 miles) east of the capital, Skopje, where 1,500 people were attending a concert by DNK, a popular hip-hop duo in the country.

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski called it a "difficult and very sad day" for the country which had lost many "young lives."

Arrest warrants have been issued for four people, interior minister Pance Toskovski said at the scene, without giving any details. He announced the arrest of a man earlier and state news agency Mia said the club owner was detained.

Toskovski has also said that, according to initial reports, the fire had been started by sparks from pyrotechnic devices that had hit the ceiling, which was made of highly flammable material.

Footage shows the band playing on stage when two flares go off, sparks then catch fire on the ceiling before rapidly spreading.

Video verified by the BBC shows people trying to extinguish the flames on the ceiling.

It shows the club was still full and people appeared to be watching efforts to put out the fire, rather than leaving.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 59killed; fire; nightclub; northmacedonia
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1 posted on 03/16/2025 7:16:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

BTTT


2 posted on 03/16/2025 7:20:07 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: BenLurkin

What country?!


3 posted on 03/16/2025 7:28:02 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: metmom

I’m not sure if North Macedonia is a country at the moment or not. If so it’s not very big, I don’t think.


4 posted on 03/16/2025 7:30:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: metmom

Source says “Notth Macedonia,” where ever that is.


5 posted on 03/16/2025 7:34:33 AM PDT by madison10
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To: BenLurkin

Nightclub has the same name as the one where there was a mass shooting.

Probably just a coincidence....


6 posted on 03/16/2025 7:35:11 AM PDT by left that other site (Ask Not What The Left is Doing. Ask What They Are Accusing YOU of Doing.)
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To: BenLurkin

Nightclubs seem to be death traps.


7 posted on 03/16/2025 7:37:27 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: metmom; BenLurkin

North Macedonia is between Serbia and Greece.


8 posted on 03/16/2025 7:42:40 AM PDT by jimtorr
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To: madison10; All

Ever heard of that former country named Yugoslavia?

North Macedonia used to be part of it along with Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Macedonia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia


9 posted on 03/16/2025 7:44:54 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Tom Tetroxide

Thank you.


10 posted on 03/16/2025 7:46:05 AM PDT by madison10
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To: BenLurkin

Reminds me of this…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Moon_(Great_White_song)


11 posted on 03/16/2025 7:46:28 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: BenLurkin; All
Former Yugoslavia map. Where you see Macedonia is now known as North Macedonia.




12 posted on 03/16/2025 7:48:49 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Tom Tetroxide
Zooming out a little bit showing the countries around the Adriatic Sea.


13 posted on 03/16/2025 7:51:41 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Tom Tetroxide

I believe that nothing good can emerge from “hip-hop”. QED.


14 posted on 03/16/2025 7:52:10 AM PDT by szweig (HYHEY Have You Had Enough Yet??!?)
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To: Tom Tetroxide

I have ancestors from Bohemia and I was in Czechoslovakia when the war broke out in Yugoslavia. I tried to understand it all, but have never seen anything more complicated than the history of Eastern Europe. The Prussian wars, the Austro-Hungarian empire, all the Slavic tribes…I don’t know how they keep it all straight.


15 posted on 03/16/2025 7:53:11 AM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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To: metmom

Duh! Never mind.

Macedonia. I was thinking it was a city .

***sigh***


16 posted on 03/16/2025 7:56:18 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: jimtorr

Thanks.


17 posted on 03/16/2025 7:56:40 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: szweig

Keep in mind that a similar event happened with the Station nightclub fire where the ‘80s pop rock band, Great White, was playing that night and 100 died with 230 injured in 2003.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Station_nightclub_fire

Great White & The Station Nightclub Fire Tragedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ky5ZpL-F_0

Inside the Station Nightclub Tragedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a242xYyGJWg

The Station Nightclub Fire WARNING Graphic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO0ioCCiEe8


18 posted on 03/16/2025 7:57:46 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Tom Tetroxide

Thanks.

Those obscure countries can sometimes be tough to figure out.


19 posted on 03/16/2025 7:57:48 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: ponygirl

I’ll relay what a taxi driver told me when two of us engineers were at one of our manufacturing sites.

The guy had an accent and when we asked where he was from he said Kosovo. He fled because his village was completely destroyed.

He said people got along just fine until politicians started turning ethnic groups against each other.

Then once small groups of people started initiating violence the whole conflagration started.


20 posted on 03/16/2025 8:05:17 AM PDT by packagingguy
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