Shtip, 16 March 2025 (MIA) - Director of the Shtip-based Culture Center, Filip Stevanovski, who was part of the DNK hip-hop band in the Kochani nightclub, is among the victims of the fatal fire that broke out overnight.

Stevanovski was a producer, pianist, trombone player and composer.

DNK drummer Gjorgji Gjorgiev from Strumica was also killed in the blaze.

"Strumica lost a talented musician, friend and a man with a big heart. Amid these difficult moments, my thoughts and prayers go with his family, close ones and all those who knew and loved him," Strumica Mayo Kostadin Kostadinov wrote in a Facebook post.

DNK singer Vladimir Blazhev-Pancho also suffered burns on the face and hand but is in stable condition.

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