[ad_1]
At least 100 were killed when a fire broke out during a wedding in Iraq, official said.(Representational)
Baghdad:
At least 100 people were killed and more than 150 injured when a fire broke out during a wedding at an event hall in the northern Iraqi town of Al-Hamdaniyah, according to state media and health officials.
Health authorities in Nineveh province “have counted 100 dead and more than 150 injured in the fire at a marriage hall in Al-Hamdaniyah”, the official Iraqi press agency INA reported, citing a “preliminary” tally confirmed to AFP by a spokesperson for the country’s health ministry.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
[ad_2]
Source link
