51 killed in North Macedonia nightclub fire 

At least 51 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia.

The fire broke out around 03:00 (02:00 GMT) at the Pulse Club in Kocani, a town around 100 km (60 miles) east of the capital, Skopje. Footage posted on social media shows the building engulfed in flames.

“According to the data we have by now, 51 persons lost their lives,” interior minister Pance Toskovski said after visiting the scene on Sunday.

As many as 1,500 were said to have been attending a concert by the band DNK, a hip-hop duo popular in the country.

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski wrote in a statement on Facebook that the government was "fully mobilised and will do everything necessary to deal with the consequences and determine the causes of this tragedy".

He called it "difficult and very sad day" for the country which has now lost "so many" young lives.

Source: Agencies