North Macedonian police officers work at the site of a nightclub inside which a fire broke out and killed 51 people in Kocani, a town some 100 kilometres east of the capital Skopje. Pics/AFP
Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski said that the blaze broke out around 2:35 am during a concert by a local pop group
This is the worst tragedy in recent memory to befall the landlocked nation, whose population is less than 2 million, the AP reported on Sunday
Officials said the injured have been taken to hospitals around the country, including the capital, Skopje, many with severe burns
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