At least 100 people dead after horrific fire breaks out at Iraqi wedding

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.