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Baghdad: More than 100 people have died and more than 150 have been injured in a fire at a wedding hall in al-Hamdaniya city of Iraq's northern province of Nineveh. Iraq's Health Ministry gave this information on Wednesday quoting preliminary reports. Iraqi Civil Defense said the incident occurred just before midnight Tuesday in the wedding hall building, which was made of highly flammable construction materials, the official Iraqi news agency reported.
Initial reports indicate that the fire broke out due to fireworks inside the building and the massive fire caused part of the building to collapse. He said that investigation into the incident has been started.