More than 100 dead, 150 injured in Iraq wedding inferno
More than 100 people were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq's Nineveh province that left civil defence searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday.
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00:00 More than a hundred people were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in
00:08 Hamdaniyah district in Iraq's Nineveh province that left civil defence searching the charred
00:14 skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday.
00:20 Nineveh Deputy Governor Hassan al-Alaq told Reuters that 113 people had been confirmed
00:26 dead. Local civil defence said the fire ripped through a large events hall in the north-eastern
00:33 region after fireworks were lit during the celebration. Preliminary information indicated
00:40 that the building was made of highly flammable construction materials, contributing to its
00:45 rapid collapse. Eyewitnesses at the site said the building caught fire at around 10.45pm
00:52 local time and that hundreds of people were in attendance at the time of the incident.
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