Funerals for those killed in Sunday’s fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia took place in Kocani and several other towns, as the official investigation into the blaze led to more detentions.

Thousands of mourners gathered at cemeteries across North Macedonia on Thursday for the funerals of dozens of people killed in a nightclub fire, the Balkan country's worst disaster in decades.

On March 16, a fire tore through an improvised nightclub inside an abandoned carpet factory in Kocani, North Macedonia, killing 59 young people and injuring more than 150. In Kocani, a town of fewer ...

Workers prepare graves at the cemetery following a fire at the Pulse nightclub that resulted in dozens of deaths, in the town of Kocani, North Macedonia on March 19, 2025 [Valdrin Xhemaj/Reuters ...