An emergency worker walks over rubble at the site following a fatal fire at a wedding celebration, in the district of Hamdaniya in Iraq's Nineveh province, Iraq, September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily Al-Hamdaniyah, Iraq—At least 100 people were killed and more than 150 injured when a fire broke out during a wedding at an event hall in the northern Iraqi town of Hamdaniyah, state media and health officials said early Wednesday, September 27, 2023. Health authorities in Nineveh province 'have counted 100 dead and more than 150 injured in the fire at a marriage hall in Hamdaniyah', the official Iraqi press agency INA reported, citing a 'preliminary tally' confirmed to AFP by a spokesperson for the country's health ministry.

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