114 killed, more than 200 wounded in northern Iraq fire
STORY: 114 killed, more than 200 wounded in northern Iraq fire
DATELINE: Sept. 27, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:29
LOCATION: Baghdad
CATEGORY: OTHERS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of a fire at a wedding hall in Iraq's Nineveh province
2. various of people who were injured in the wedding hall fire while receiving treatment in the hospital
STORYLINE:
Up to 114 people were killed and more than 200 injured in a huge wedding hall fire in the town of al-Hamdaniya in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, Governor of Nineveh Najm al-Jubouri told reporters on Wednesday.
The fire broke out on Tuesday night in the al-Haytham Wedding Hall in the town of al-Hamdaniya, 35 km southeast of the provincial capital Mosul, the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) quoted the Iraqi Civil Defense as saying earlier.
It said that initial reports indicated that fireworks were used during the celebration, which may have caused the fire.
The building was covered with highly flammable materials, which accelerated the fire that led to the collapse of part
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