For 19-year-old Marija Taseva and her sister, it was meant to be a fun night out to see hip-hop band DNK in the North Macedonian town of Kocani. But it ended with her sister being killed and ...

Marija Taseva, who sustained an injury to the left side of her face but survived both the fire and the stampede that followed, said that she was with her sister, who died. “We even tried to get ...

"We even tried to get out through the bathroom, only to find bars (on the windows)," 19-year-old Marija Taseva told The Associated Press after escaping the blaze. "I somehow managed to get out.

Fire ripped through a packed nightclub early on Sunday in the North Macedonian town of Kocani, killing 59 people and injuring more than 100, after sparks ignited the roof over a live band.

One concert-goer, 22-year-old Marija Taseva, told Reuters that everyone was shouting, “Get out, get out.” She said she fell to the ground, and people trod on her, injuring her face.

“Everyone was trying to save themselves,” 22-year-old Marija Taseva said, adding that her sister, who also attended the concert, was still unaccounted for: “We can’t find her in any hospital.

A fire broke out in a nightclub in North Macedonia early Sunday, killing dozens of people and injuring more than 150 others, authorities said. Pyrotechnic devices sparked the fire at around 2:35 a ...

“We even tried to get out through the bathroom, only to find bars (on the windows),” Marija Taseva, 19, told The Associated Press, describing the fire that erupted after watching a local pop ...