{"id":85954,"date":"2023-09-27T07:19:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T07:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=85954"},"modified":"2023-09-27T07:19:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T07:19:25","slug":"wedding-fire-kills-hundreds-including-bride-and-groom-as-fireworks-spark-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/wedding-fire-kills-hundreds-including-bride-and-groom-as-fireworks-spark-blaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding fire kills hundreds including bride and groom as ‘fireworks spark blaze’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A fire at a wedding celebration led to the deaths of at least 100 people – including the bride and groom – in Iraq's Nineveh province early on Wednesday (September 27), Iraqi state media said. Some 150 others were injured. <\/p>\n

    Fireworks are thought to have sparked the blaze at an events hall in the province's Hamdaniya district. The Iraqi News Agency cited civil defence officials as saying highly-flammable illegal cladding lined the building's exterior walls. <\/p>\n

    Both Iraqi authorities and those from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region sent ambulances to the scene. Nineveh governor Najim al-Jubouri explained some of the injured were rushed to nearby hospitals. He added that there were no final casualty figures, suggesting the death toll could still rise. <\/p>\n

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    Horrifying images show guests on the street while the fire rages. In some, a woman in a flowing bridal dress can be seen just metres from the flames. <\/p>\n

    Ahmed Dubardani, deputy head of the Nineveh health directorate, later confirmed that both the bride and groom lost their lives. They were reportedly slow-dancing when the fire broke out. <\/p>\n

    Dubardani told reporters that at least 50 of the injured are in a critical condition. He added: "The majority of the wounded were completely burned. And some others had 50 to 60 percent of their bodies burned. This is not good at all."<\/p>\n

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    Survivor Rania Waad, 17, told AFP: "We couldn't see anything… we were suffocating, we didn't know how to get out."<\/p>\n

    The death toll figure of 100 came from Health Ministry spokesman Saif al-Badr. He added: "All efforts are being made to provide relief to those affected by the unfortunate accident." <\/p>\n

    People have reportedly gathered at the town's main hospital to donate blood.<\/p>\n

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