Around 100 people killed, 150 injured in a fire at a wedding hall in Iraq

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Around 100 people killed, 150 injured in a fire at a wedding hall in Iraq

www.nbcnews.com

BitOneZero ( @BitOneZero@beehaw.org )

World News • 1 year ago

Around 100 people killed in a fire at a wedding hall in Iraq

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The blaze was seemingly caused by fireworks set off to celebrate at the event in Nineveh province, a predominantly Christian area just outside of the city of Mosul.

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Latest information is often of the highest quality on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaraqosh_wedding_fire

114 deaths reported so far.

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