Iraq: Wedding hall fire leaves 100 dead
At least 100 people died after a fire broke out at a wedding hall in northern Iraq recently.
The disaster in the Hamdaniya district of northeast Nineveh governorate, was set off by fireworks, candles, and other materials used during the wedding celebration, the Iraqi Civil Defence was quoted as saying by CNN.
Nineveh governor Najm Al-Jubouri told the Iraqi state news agency INA as quoted by CNN that the injured were transferred to hospitals in Nineveh and the Kurdistan region.
Al-Jubouri said the final number of deceased in the fire incident is still not clear.
The cause of the blaze is also not clear.
Several videos of the incident, which have gone viral on social media, showed a thick smoke billowing out of the Al Haytham Wedding Hall.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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