At least 59 people died and more than 150 were injured in the inferno. The authorities said the venue’s hospitality permit had been issued illegally.

A fire tore through an overcrowded nightclub packed with mostly young people in North Macedonia early on Sunday, killing 59 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks at a hip-hop concert set the venue ablaze,

Widespread license violations exposed as North Macedonia mourns nightclub fire victims - North Macedonia has shut down dozens of nightclubs following a deadly fire in eastern town of Kocani that kille