Police have detained 15 people after a fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia killed at least 59 people, officials have said,
BBC reports.
The blaze broke out around 02:30 local time (01:30 GMT) on Sunday at the Pulse club in Kocani, where about 500 people had gathered for a concert by DNK, a popular hip-hop duo in the country.
Only one member of the band survived and was being treated in hospital, a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office told the BBC's Newshour. In total, 155 were injured at the concert.
Interior Minister Pance Toskovski has said the detainees will be questioned, adding that there are "grounds for suspicion that there is bribery and corruption" linked to the fire.
He said that the venue did not have a legal licence to operate.
The venue, in a town around 100km (60 miles) east of the capital, Skopje, has been described as an "improvised nightclub" in the local press, having previously been a carpet warehouse.
Biljana Arsovska, spokesperson for the public prosecutor's office, said there had been only "one efficient exit" in the building, as the venue's back door was locked and could not be used.
