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 BitOneZero   ( @BitOneZero@beehaw.org )  to World News · 2 years ago

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

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 BitOneZero   ( @BitOneZero@beehaw.org )  to World News · 2 years ago
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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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    This has been happening since the invention of fire. People will cut corners and use cheaper flammable material where they shouldn’t (e.g. Grenfell 2017) or some stupid with a flare gun will set it off inside (e.g. Montreux 1971).

    Fire codes and building standards improve with time, but human stupidity is forever.

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