The fire must have started when pyrotechnology ignited stage decor and ceiling during a concert with a local band.
Among the arrested are government officials, the nightclub manager and members of the band. According to Nordmatedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, the club’s permission must have been invalid issued by the country’s finance ministry.
In addition to the dead, 155 people must have been injured in connection with the fire that occurred the night before Sunday in the city of Kocani in the eastern parts of the country.
Three of the dead were under 18, says Interior Minister Pance Toskovski.
Rescue workers at Pulse nightclub.
Rescue workers at Pulse nightclub.
Photo: Boris Gdanoski/AP/TT