Death toll from North Macedonia nightclub fire rises to 59

bbc ^ | 03/16/2025 | Rachel Hagan

[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.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Sounds like USAID was creating the chaos.

[Delta 21]

Especially ones that are names “Pulse”.

[ponygirl]

Well that was textbook color revolution. Same stuff they did and are still doing in Ukraine. I found it fascinating when Putin went into the history of that area in the interview with Tucker—going back thousands of years—until Tucker interrupted and said, “What does that have to do with anything?” And Putin said something to the effect of, “It has everything to do with all of this,” and then proceeded to spell out the last 1500 years in 30 minutes. Personally, I think it has everything to do with the Book of Enoch, but don’t quote me on it.