When families gathered in front of a hospital for updates, Tomco Stojanov had already received the devastating news. His 25-year-old son Andrej was killed in a nightclub fire on Sunday that left dozens of dead to escape many trampled attempts during a desperate attempt.
“Thank you very much for your condolences, but my pain is incurable. The wound is incurable,” said Stojanov, holding a photo of his son, shaving and a suit jacket.
North Macedonia deals with the loss of dozens of young life in the night club in Inferno on Sunday in the eastern city of Kocani, while trying to hold them responsible, hold an account and prevent another misfortune.
During a live concert, the fire tore through the overcrowded club pulse and left 59 people dead and more than 150 injured from burns, smoke breaks and tramplings in the panicked escape towards the only output of the building. Minister of Health Arben Taravari said about 20 of the injuries were in a critical condition.
Videos showed sparkling pyrotechnics on the stage, which hit the ceiling of the club and lit the fire when a band played.
The fire that the nation of two million, in which closely expanded family ties, made the disaster for many personally-was the latest in a series of deadly night club fire around the world. People aged 16 and over were one of the victims and the nation declared seven days of grief.
“We are all shocked and I am shocked by myself: as a mother as a person,” said North Macedonian President Gordana Davkova Siljanovska in a speech to the nation on Sunday evening.
In the late Sunday, the residents of Kocani kept a vigil in candlelight to support the funeral families and waited for light church candles in long snakes.
Violations of the security code
The authorities say that they are investigating allegations of bribery around the night club, which was summarized with young night swords and double capacity. And from Monday, the government of North Macedonia ordered a comprehensive three-day inspection in all night clubs and cabarets across the country.
The prosecutor Ljupco Kocevski said that a preliminary inspection of the night club had given numerous violations of the security code, including a lack of emergency exits, an inadequate number of fire extinguishers and improper access for emergency vehicles.
The fire parted the roof of the one -story building and unveiled the charred remains of wooden beams and rubble.
“The omissions are considerable. I can confidently say that this is a failure of the system,” the prosecutor told reporters and also noticed that the lack of an overhead extinguishing system and the fire alarms and the use of flammable materials to choose from inner walls.
The country mourned when people watched shocking scenes in the city 25,000 people, in which the rescuers carried out their dark task for hours to remove the charred corporations of club goers.
A forensic doctor said that the bodies for identification in batches of Morgues were brought to identification due to the high number of people.
Officials said that 10 people in Kocani, about 115 kilometers east of the capital, Skopje, remain in police custody. Interior Minister Vills Toshkovski added that a preliminary inspection showed that the club operated without proper license. He said the number of people in the club was at least the official capacity of 250 twice as high.
The condolences of leaders in Europe and from the office of the hospital papal Francis.
Neighboring and nearby countries – Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Turkey – have already accepted 50 patients with the most serious injuries together with a number of other.
“All patients who have been moved abroad are currently in a stable state. We hope that it will stay that way and that we receive positive news from abroad,” said Taravari.
