NINEVEH, Iraq — At the very least 100 individuals had been killed and 150 extra injured in a hearth at a marriage celebration within the district of Hamdaniya in Iraq’s Nineveh Province, Iraqi state media reported early on Wednesday, with native sources saying the toll was anticipated to rise.
The hearth ripped by way of a big occasions corridor within the northeastern area after fireworks had been lit through the celebration, the native civil protection stated, in response to state media.
Video from a Reuters correspondent on the website confirmed firefighters clambering over the charred wreckage of the constructing in quest of survivors.
Preliminary data indicated that the constructing was made from extremely flammable development supplies, contributing to its speedy collapse, state media stated.
Ambulances and medical crews had been dispatched to the location by the federal authorities and the authorities in Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdistan area, in response to official statements.
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