{"id":8036,"date":"2023-09-28T05:20:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=8036"},"modified":"2023-09-28T05:20:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:20:34","slug":"at-least-100-people-have-died-and-150-others-are-injured-after-a-fire-broke-out-during-a-wedding-in-iraqs-biggest-christian-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=8036","title":{"rendered":"At least 100 people have died and 150 others are injured after a fire broke out during a wedding in Iraq’s biggest Christian town."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hundreds were celebrating in a banqueting hall in Qaraqosh in Nineveh province when it happened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is not known what started the fire but some reports suggest fireworks set it off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Flammable panels fuelled the flames, causing parts of the ceiling to catch fire and fall, fire officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The fire led to the collapse of parts of the hall as a result of the use of highly flammable, low-cost building materials that collapse within minutes when fire breaks out,” Iraq’s civil defence directorate said, quoted by state news agency INA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It was not immediately clear if the bride and the groom were among the victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Footage posted online showed the couple on the dance floor before flaming chunks begin falling onto the dance floor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Firefighters could be seen climbing over the wreckage of the building in search of survivors on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

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Hundreds were celebrating in a banqueting hall in Qaraqosh in Nineveh province when it happened. It is not known what started the fire but some reports suggest fireworks set it off. Flammable panels fuelled the flames, causing parts of the ceiling to catch fire and fall, fire officials said. “The fire led to the collapse […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8038,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8036\/revisions\/8038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}