ore than 100 people are dead after a fire tore through a wedding reception in Iraq during the bride and groom’s first dance.
The civil defence was searching the charred skeleton of a building in Hamdaniya district, Iraq’s Nineveh province, for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Nineveh Deputy Governor Hasan al-Allaq said 113 people had been confirmed dead, with state media putting the death toll at 100 people at least, with 150 injured.