More than 100 dead, over 200 injured in fire at Iraq wedding party

Over 100 people were killed and over 200 others injured in a fire that happened at a wedding in Iraq.

The number of death cases has risen to 114 and more than 200 injured due to the fire of the wedding hall in Hamdaniyah, the Nineveh Deputy Governor Hasan al-Allaq said.

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