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Firefighters and police officers inspect the nightclub where a fire broke out overnight in Kocani, a town some 62 miles east of the capital Skopje, on March 16, 2025. A fire tore through an overcrowded nightclub packed with mostly young people in North Macedonia overnight, killing 59 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks at a hip-hop concert set the venue ablaze, authorities said.

Pope Francis prays for victims and families of deadly nightclub fire in Macedonia

Mar 16, 2025

By Kristina Millare

The Vatican’s Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin shared the Holy Father’s condolences for fire victims and their families through... Read more

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Firefighters and police officers inspect the nightclub where a fire broke out overnight in Kocani, a town some 62 miles east of the capital Skopje, on March 16, 2025. A fire tore through an overcrowded nightclub packed with mostly young people in North Macedonia overnight, killing 59 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks at a hip-hop concert set the venue ablaze, authorities said.

Pope Francis prays for victims and families of deadly nightclub fire in Macedonia

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