Fire breaks out during wedding at event hall in Hamdaniya town of northern Nineveh province, causing mass casualties, state media and health officials say.
Soldiers and emergency responders gather around ambulances carrying wounded people outside the Hamdaniya general hospital in Hamdaniya, Iraq on September 27, 2023. / Photo: AFP
Eyewitnesses at the site said the building caught fire at around 10:45 pm local time [1945 GMT] and that hundreds of people were in attendance at the time of the incident. "We saw the fire pulsating, coming out of the hall. Those who managed got out and those who didn't got stuck. Even those who made their way out were broken," said Imad Yohana, a 34-year-old who escaped the inferno.People gather around a truck carrying body bags after a fire broke out during a wedding at an event hall, outside Hamdaniya general hospital in Hamdaniya, Iraq on September 27, 2023.
In a statement, civil defence authorities reported the presence of prefabricated panels that were"highly flammable and contravened safety standards" inside the event hall where the blaze took place.
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