Northern Macedonia has imposed seven days of mourning for the deaths of young people in the town of Kocani, a government statement said on Sunday.
The fire broke out at a concert by Macedonian local pop group at the Pulse nightclub on Sunday. According to the republic’s Interior Ministry, 59 people died, including teenagers aged 14.
According to Kristina Serafimova, director of the city hospital, there is no one older than 25 among the victims. Another 155 victims are being treated. 18 of them are in critical condition, the Health Ministry said.
Many are being treated in hospitals in other countries: Greece, Turkey and Serbia. Eight were taken by plane to the Bulgarian capital.
“No information will be hidden from the public,” Macedonian authorities assured.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic offered to send helicopters and doctors to help after the disco fire during a telephone conversation with North Macedonia’s head Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova.
“I proposed on behalf of Serbia and the president of North Macedonia accepted that we send as assistance helicopters and other medical vehicles, teams of doctors and receive in Serbian hospitals a large number of victims of the tragedy in Kočani,” Vucic shared.
The Interior Ministry of Northern Macedonia said that 1.5 thousand people attended the concert.
