“I had a child and lost it”

Maria Tazeva was enjoying a night out with her sister at a pulse club in Kokani, Northern Macedonia, on Saturday when she fell apart with a disaster.

They watched DNK, a popular hip-hop duet in the country, When a fire broke out who killed at least 59 people and wounds 155 others.

“Everyone started screaming and shouting,” go out, go out! “, The 19-year-old told Reuters.

People were desperately trying to escape from the flames, but there was only one exit for about 500 people, as the only other door at the back of the place was locked.

“I don’t know how, but I found myself on the ground, I couldn’t get up, and at that moment people started to trample me,” said G -ja Taseva.

In the end, she managed to get safety, but her sister did not.

“My sister died. Savior me, and she wasn’t.”

Ten suspects who are believed to be responsible for the fire – including “officials from the ministries who have given this license” have been arrested.

The fire started around 2:30 local time (01:30 GMT) on Sunday, when sparks from pyrotechnic devices hit the ceiling, which was made of highly flammable material, said Interior Minister Pansovsky.

Described as a “improvised nightclub” from the local press, the place, located in a city about 100 km (60 miles) east of the capital, Skopje, has no legal license for work, Toskovski said.

Previously, it was a rug warehouse and the police were looking at whether the bribe and corruption were connected to the fire.

“The greater part of the dead suffered injuries from the stamp that arose in panic as they tried to get out,” Kokanina Serafimovska’s hospital told reporters.

“Seventy patients have burns and carbon monoxide poisoning,” she said, according to AFP news agency.

Vladislav Gruev, specialist in reconstructive and plastic surgery at the University Clinic for Surgical Diseases, treats survivors.

“Most of them have extensive injuries to burning, over 18% of the surface area of ​​the surface, burns from the second and third degrees of the head, neck, upper torso and upper limbs – arms and fingers,” he said.

The inspections on Sunday showed several “anomalies” in the site, including “shortcomings” in the fire and light burning system, said prosecutor’s spokesman Bilyana Arsovska.

Speaking outside the hospital, the volunteer of the Red Cross Mustafa Said said that the greater part of the dead were young people.

“Inside where they identify the victims, the situation is much more.

“The situation is brutal, chaotic, the stories are very sad and unfortunately very young lives are lost.”

A man whose nephew was injured in the fire said some people had failed to find their children.

Many are angry and seek answers, such as Dragi Stoyanov, who lost his only child in the fire.

“Let me tell you to everyone. Shoot me. I’m dead, I lost everything … I need to know all over Europe,” he told reporters.

“After this tragedy, what do I need this life for? I don’t need it.

“I had a child and lost it.”

The President of Northern Macedonia, Gordian Sildzhanovska-Davkova, said it was necessary to report the incident.

“None of the responsible this time should avoid law, justice and punishment,” she said.

“Nothing is more than human life, in particular the young life.”

The most injured were taken for treatment in specialized clinics in Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Turkey, she added.

The government has announced seven days on national mourning and will hold an emergency session as part of continuing investigations on how the incident developed.