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“I had one baby and I lost it”

George Wright and Kochel Smith

BBC NEWS

“I lost everything”: survivors and relatives talking about my grief

Maria Taseva enjoyed the night’s night’s exit in the kokani pulse, Northern Macedonia, Saturday, when the catastrophe was hit.

They looked DNK, a popular duo hip-hop in the country When the fire started As a result, at least 59 people were killed and 155 were injured.

“Everyone started screaming and shouting,” Get out, come out! “,” said a 19-year-old man.

People desperately tried to avoid the flames, but there was only one way out for about 500 people, as the only other door at the back of the venue was closed.

“I don’t know how, but I found myself on the ground, I couldn’t get up, and at that moment people started stomping on me,” said Ms Tasseva.

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

“My sister died. I was saved and she was gone.”

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

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Many pay attention to young victims

The fire started at about 2:30 local time (1:30 GMT) on Sunday, when the sparks from pyrotechnic devices hit the ceiling, which was made of very flammable material, said Interior Minister Pence Toskovsky.

Described as a “improvised nightclub” by a local press, a venue located in the city about 100 km (60 miles) to the east of the capital, Skopje, did not have a legal license for operation, Toskovsky said.

Previously, it was a carpet, and the police were considering whether bribery and corruption were related to fire.

“Most of the dead were injured in a panic, trying to come out,” Kokani, the head of the hospital, Kristina Serafimova told reporters.

“Seventy patients have poisoning and carbon monoxide poisoning,” she said, AFP reports.

Vladislav Hruyev, a specialist in reconstructive and plastic surgery at the University Clinic on surgical diseases, treats survivors.

“Most of them have big burns, above 18% of the body area, the second and third degree burns on the head, neck, top of the torso and upper limbs – hands and fingers,” he said.

“Many young lives have lost”

A spokesman for the State Prosecutor’s Office of Billian Arsovskaya said that the inspection showed several “deviations” on Sunday, including “shortcomings” in the fire and coverage system.

Speaking outside the hospital, the Red Cross volunteer Mustafa Saidov said most of them were young people.

“Inside, where they identify the victims, the situation is much worse. You see that parents are also very young people, in the 40s. They are 18 or 20 years old.”

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

One person whose nephew was injured in the fire said that some people could not find their children.

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Families of victims were waiting for news about their loved ones outside the hospital

Many are angry and seeking answers, such as a stoan dragon who has lost a single baby on fire.

“Let me say to everyone. Remove me. I’m dead man, I lost everything … All Europe should know,” he told reporters.

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

“I had one child and I lost it.”

The President of Northern Macedonia, Gordon Syljanovsk-Devkov, said that the accountability was needed for what happened.

“This time, none of them should avoid the law, justice and punishment,” she said.

“Nothing is worth anything than human life, in particular young life.”

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

The government has announced seven days of national mourning, and it will hold an emergency session as part of the current investigation into the incident.

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Burned Night Club in Kokani

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