It hit the ceiling, which caught fire,” one injured man ... attacked too,” Mr Naboo said. The wedding was in the district of Hamdaniya, which lies on Iraq’s Nineveh Plains.

MOSUL, Iraq — A raging fire seemingly caused ... experts say those that have caught fire at the wedding hall and elsewhere weren't designed to meet stricter safety standards and often were ...

in northern Iraq, on Tuesday, local officials said. At least 150 others were injured when the wedding hall's ceiling caught fire and then collapsed, according to Hasan al-Allaq, the deputy ...

"Everything caught fire and started falling on people's heads. Nobody was able to get out." Iraq wedding fire: How the blaze unfolded Rania Waad, a 17-year-old girl, who was burned on the hand ...

The main wedding hall, where Naeem was, had caught on fire minutes after Nabil left ... It’s one of the main centres of Iraq's Christian community. One week after the disaster, most shops ...

Hamdaniya is on Iraq’s Nineveh Plains and under the ... experts say those that have caught fire at the wedding hall and elsewhere weren’t designed to meet stricter safety standards and often ...

The roof caught fire ... in Iraq are often large and expensive celebrations even for those of modest means, and regardless of whether the families are Muslim or Christian. This wedding was no ...

Qaraqosh was the biggest Christian town in Iraq - with a population of about ... external. "The ceiling caught fire suddenly and it spread everywhere because it was all made of sandwich panels ...