The fire is thought to have begun after fireworks were set off
At least 94 people have died and 100 others are injured after a fire broke out during a wedding in Iraq’s biggest Christian town on Tuesday night.
Hundreds were celebrating at a banqueting hall in Qaraqosh, in Nineveh province, when the tragedy happened.
Witnesses and civil defence officials said the fire was…
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