INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At least 59 people have been killed and more than 155 injured in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia, officials say.The blaze broke out
around 02:30 (01:30 GMT) at the Pulse club in Kocani, a town around 100 km (60 miles) east of the capital, Skopje, where 1,500 people were
at the scene, without giving any details
He announced the arrest of a man earlier and state news agency Mia said the club owner was detained.Toskovski has also said that, according
to initial reports, the fire had been started by sparks from pyrotechnic devices that had hit the ceiling, which was made of highly
flammable material.Footage shows the band playing on stage when two flares go off, sparks then catch fire on the ceiling before rapidly
spreading.Video verified by the BBC shows people trying to extinguish the flames on the ceiling.It shows the club was still full and people
appeared to be watching efforts to put out the fire, rather than leaving.Marija Taseva, 20, told Channel 5 TV she was caught in a crush at
the club as people rushed for the exits
She said she fell to the ground and was trampled in the chaos before managing to get out.Her family were still searching for her 25-year-old
sister, though, who had not been found in any local hospital - and may have been transferred to Skopje for treatment.The interior minister
had earlier announced a death toll of 51 - with some 100 injured.In his update, he said 35 of the deceased had already been
went on to say that those deceased were aged between of 14 and 24.Eighteen patients are said to be in critical condition.In a statement, the
