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Sorrow gripped Iraq on Wednesday following a tragic fire that had set ablaze a wedding hall in the district of Hamdaniya, located in the Nineveh governorate in the northern part of the country. The inferno, ignited by fireworks within the hall, led to the loss of at least one hundred lives in the town of Qaraqosh, part of the Hamdaniya district, predominantly inhabited by Christians. The final casualty count remained conflicting nearly 20 hours after the blaze broke out.
BAGHDAD, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) A huge fire at a wedding party ripped through a large hall in a predominantly Christian town in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200, Governor of Nineveh province Najm al-Jubouri told reporters on Wednesday. The fire broke out on Tuesday night in the al-Haytham Wedding Hall
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