Date in year · 2025 · The 2020s
On March 16, 2025, a fire breaks out in a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, killing at least 59 people and injuring 155 others. The year's #1 song was "Die with a Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. Athena Mapelli Mozzi, Athena Mapelli Mozzi, Athena Mapelli Mozzi would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · March 16, 2025
On 16 March 2025, a fire at the Pulse nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, killed 63 people and injured 193. The fire started when sparks from indoor fireworks hit the ceiling and set it alight, rapidly enveloping the venue in thick and toxic smoke. The nightclub was unlicenced and broke numerous safety standards: among other things, it lacked sprinklers and sufficient emergency exits and only had a single fire extinguisher.
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2025 (MMXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2025th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 25th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2020s decade.
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2025 fire in North Macedonia
On 16 March 2025, a fire at the Pulse nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, killed 63 people and injured 193. The fire started when sparks from indoor fireworks hit the ceiling and set it alight, rapidly enveloping the venue in thick and toxic smoke. The nightclub was unlicenced and broke numerous safety standards: among other things, it lacked sprinklers and sufficient emergency exits and only had a single fire extinguisher.
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