{"id":358711,"date":"2023-09-28T05:31:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T00:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=358711"},"modified":"2023-09-28T05:31:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T00:31:07","slug":"more-than-100-dead-150-injured-in-iraq-wedding-inferno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/more-than-100-dead-150-injured-in-iraq-wedding-inferno\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 100 dead, 150 injured in Iraq wedding inferno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> IRAQ<br \/>\nMore than 100 people were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq\u2019s Nineveh province that left civil defence searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday.<br \/>\nNineveh Deputy Governor Hassan al-Allaq told Reuters that 113 people had been confirmed dead, with state media putting the death toll at at least 100, with 150 people injured.<br \/>\nThe fire ripped through a large events hall in the north-eastern region after fireworks were lit during the celebration, local civil defence said, according to state media.<br \/>\n\u201cWe saw the fire pulsating, coming out of the hall. Those who managed got out and those who didn\u2019t got stuck. Even those who made their way out were broken,\u201d said Imad Yohana, a 34-year-old who escaped the inferno.<br \/>\nVideo from a Reuters correspondent at the site showed firefighters clambering over the charred wreckage of the building, shining lights over smouldering ruins.<br \/>\nPreliminary information indicated that the building was made of highly flammable construction materials, contributing to its rapid collapse, state media said.<br \/>\nAmbulances and medical crews were dispatched to the site by federal Iraqi authorities and Iraq\u2019s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, according to official statements.<br \/>\nEyewitnesses at the site said the building caught fire at around 10:45 p.m. local time (1945 GMT) and that hundreds of people were in attendance at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRAQ More than 100 people were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq\u2019s Nineveh province that left civil defence searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday. 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