The packed nightclub in North Macedonia where 59 people were killed in a blaze at the weekend had just one emergency exit, which was locked, lacked fire extinguishers and sprinklers and contained flammable materials,

According to officials, 59 people were killed after a fire broke out at an overcrowded nightclub early on Sunday, presumably as a result of pyrotechnics let off on stage during a hip-hop concert

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,