At least 50 people are reported to have died in a fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia, according to the country’s interior ministry.
The blaze broke out in the town of Kocani – allegedly after fireworks were set off inside the venue – in the early hours of Sunday, Reuters reports.
A statement from the public prosecutor’s office said the “number of victims and injured in the fire is being determined” – but local media report “at least 50” casualties, citing the interior ministry.
Many more were injured and are being treated at Kocani General Hospital, newspaper Nova Makedonija said.
The country’s prime minister Hristijan Mickoski is travelling to the scene, it added.
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