Iraq: Charred debris seen in aftermath of fire inside wedding hall that killed more than 100 “They lit up fireworks. It hit the ceiling, which caught fire,” one injured man said, in an account ...

MOSUL, Iraq — A raging fire seemingly caused by fireworks set off to celebrate a Christian wedding consumed a hall packed with guests in northern Iraq, killing more than 100 people and injuring ...

Mid morning is approaching in Iraq, where rescue workers are continuing to pick through the rubble following a wedding venue fire. The blaze in Qaraqosh killed more than 100 people and injured 150 ...

The fire happened in the Hamdaniya area of Iraq’s Nineveh province, authorities said. That’s a predominantly Christian area just outside of the city of Mosul, some 205 miles northwest of Baghdad.

More than 100 died as a fire swept through a wedding hall in Iraq in September. LONDON -- An ecstatic couple slow danced surrounded by their loved ones in an opulently decorated wedding hall ...

MOSUL, Iraq, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A fire ripped through a packed wedding hall in northern Iraq late on Tuesday, killing more than 100 people in a Christian town that had survived Islamic State ...

The fire is thought to have begun after fireworks were set off At least 94 people have died and 100 others are injured after a fire broke out during a wedding in Iraq's biggest Christian town on ...

The wedding on Tuesday night is understood to have had around 900 guests, with the fire starting at around 10.45pm. While initial reports suggested fireworks lit for the couple's slow dance were ...

Iraq wedding fire: How the blaze unfolded. Rania Waad, a 17-year-old girl, who was burned on the hand, ... a friend of the couple told AFP. "The bride lost her whole family ...

The fire engulfed a wedding hall in Nineveh’s Hamdaniya district, where the celebration was taking place. Hamdaniya, also known as Qaraqosh, is a majority Christian town, and is located outside ...

The Shlama Foundation raised more than $125,000 for victims of the wedding fire, with most coming from the Chaldean, Syriac, Assyrian diaspora in America, according to Mr Graish and Mr Matti. In the ...

At least 94 people have died and 100 others are injured after a fire broke out during a wedding in Iraq's biggest Christian town on Tuesday night. Hundreds were celebrating at a banqueting hall in ...