Baghdad, September 27: More than 100 people were killed and more than 150 others injured in a wedding hall fire in the town of al-Hamdaniya in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, the Iraqi Ministry of Health said on Wednesday, quoting preliminary reports. Maharashtra Fire: Massive Blaze Erupts at Ganpati Pandal of Sane Guruji Tarun Mitra Mandal in Pune (Watch Video)

The Iraqi Civil Defence said that the incident occurred before midnight on Tuesday in the hall building, which was made of highly flammable construction materials, the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported. Invasive Red Fire Ants Threat to Europe, Know All About These Species That Were Recently Found in Italy's Sicily

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Initial reports indicated that the fire broke out due to fireworks inside the building and that part of the building collapsed because of the huge fire, the INA said, adding that an investigation was launched into the incident as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.

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