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At least 100 people have died and 150 others injured after a fire broke out at a wedding in northern Iraq.

Hundreds of people were celebrating in Qaraqosh in Iraq's northern Nineveh province when fire tore through the venue late on Tuesday evening.

It is not yet known what caused the blaze, but early reports say it broke out after fireworks were lit.

Flammable panels in the venue may have fuelled the flames, causing parts of the ceiling to catch fire and fall.

"The fire led to the collapse of parts of the hall as a result of the use of highly flammable, low-cost building materials that collapse within minutes when fire breaks out," Iraq's civil defence directorate said, quoted by state news agency INA.

It was not initially clear if the bride and the groom were among the victims but a local health official later confirmed at a press conference that they had died.

A photo posted by Nina showed dozens of firefighters battling the fire, and pictures from local journalists on social media show the charred-out remains of inside the event hall.

Firefighters could be seen climbing over the wreckage of the building in search of survivors on Wednesday morning.

Eyewitnesses said hundreds of people were there celebrating when the building caught fire at around 10:45 local time (19:45 GMT) on Tuesday.

"We saw the fire pulsating, coming out of the hall. Those who managed got out and those who didn't got stuck. Even those who made their way out were broken," Imad Yohana, a 34-year-old who escaped the inferno, told Reuters.

Another wedding guest, Rania Waad, who sustained a burn to her hand, said that as the bride and groom were slow dancing "fireworks started to climb to the ceiling, the whole hall went up in flames".

"We couldn't see anything," the 17-year-old told news agency AFP. "We were suffocating, we didn't know how to get out."

The deputy governor of Nineveh, Hassan al-Allaq, told Reuters that 113 people had been confirmed dead, while state news agency INA put the death toll at at least 100, with 150 people injured.

The injured have been transferred to hospitals across the Nineveh region, the region's governor told INA.

But he suggested that the number of deaths and injuries was not fixed and may rise.

At the main hospital in Qaraqosh, which is east of the region's capital Mosul, dozens of people arrived to donate blood to help the injured. The town of Qaraqosh is also known as al-Hamdaniya and Bakhdida in Iraq.

Iraq's prime minister posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he had told officials to "mobilise all efforts to provide relief to those affected by the unfortunate incident".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66932327



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It's really sad to see a joyous moment end in such trajedy. The incompetence of one person caused the lives of many. R.I.P to those lost in this tragic event.

Hmmmm

May we not die while celebrating happy moments

Wait
Iraq and fireworks

Iraqs and bomb

Which kain fireworks dey blow down building.


Hope is not what I am thinking

Iraq with all the crisis enjoy so much amenities like electricity and good roads



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Tragic

The pains and trauma they might have gone through. It's sad but so is life.

Oku nsukun oku

May they rest in peace

Haaaa

Damn
May their souls rest in perfect peace

Attendance: Present ✔️
Na wa ooo, from wedding party to passing on.
So na for where husband and wife wan go do honeymoon bayii?
Chai! God ahbeg o., This wedding wey I dey go on Saturday lasan abi make I dodge ni

The foolish idea of using fireworks in an enclosed space.

Fireworks are originally meant for outside I don't know why people use them indoors and without having a proper idea of how they should be used safely.

People dying in Iraq shouldn't be a new thing now


They're used to it by now just like Northern Nigeria

Omo see carelessness. Why will sensible people light fireworks inside a building when there are flammable things inside. Any way rip to the dead. All this halls should start having emergency exist for cases like this. There should be doors everywhere so people will find it easy evacuating. Most event centers usually have one or two doors. Now imagine a case like this where everybody is running towards one or two doors

Bliss62:
Iraq with all the crisis enjoy so much amenities like electricity and good roads

The thing tire me o.... even Ukraine is enjoying electricity with all the bombings.

Ok

Yugoslavia247:
May we not die while celebrating happy moments

Wait
Iraq and fireworks

Iraqs and bomb

Which kain fireworks dey blow down building.


Hope is not what I am thinking

Amen

What is nigerias business with foreign deaths?? People are dying by the thousands there from common hunger u people are here talking about iraq

What a terrible tragedy

Only a brainless idiot would discharge fireworks inside a building

People really need to learn to use fireworks in a responsible way

So sad rip to them all

Family affair just like in AfhanEastern.
Not my business, next news pls!

Isla........ Hmmmm

People should just stop using these fireworks to cut cakes in weddings. Most halls are enclosed. So, why use inflammable materials inside sn enclosed space?