Iraq wedding hall fire leaves almost 100 dead and dozens injured in Nineveh province
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A fire tore through a wedding venue in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 93 people and leaving 100 more injured, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan.
The fire struck a wedding venue in the predominantly Christian town of Hamdaniya, just outside the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, about 205 miles northwest of the capital, Baghdad.
According to emergency services and witnesses at the scene, fireworks inside the venue sparked the deadly blaze.
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