On September 27, 2023, local time, outside the Hamdaniya General Hospital in Iraq, soldiers and emergency responders gathered around ambulances transporting the wounded, and a fire broke out in a wedding hall in the area on the evening of the 26th. Visual China map
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On September 27, 2023, local time, in Hamdanya, Iraq, security forces gathered at the scene of the fire. Visual China map
Baghdad, Xinhua News Agency, September 27, Iraq's Nineveh governor Najem Juburi, said on the 27th that a fire at a wedding in the province the night before had killed 114 people and injured at least 200 others. Jubri said some of the injured had been taken to local hospitals for treatment.
On September 27, 2023, local time, in Hamdanya, Iraq, emergency personnel gathered at the scene of the fire. Xinhua News Agency photo
On September 27, 2023, local time, Hamdaniah, Iraq, the wedding hall after the fire. Visual China map
On September 27, 2023, local time, in Hamdanya, Iraq, civil defense personnel gathered at the scene of a fire in the wedding hall. Visual China map
According to Iraqi media reports, at about 22:45 local time on the 26th, a building in the Hamdaniya area of Iraq's Nineveh Province caught fire. At the time of the accident, a wedding celebration was taking place in the building, where hundreds of people gathered.
On September 27, 2023, local time, in Hamdanyah, Iraq, people view the scene after a fire in a wedding hall. Visual China map
On September 27, 2023, local time, Hamdanya, Iraq, a scene after a fire in the wedding hall. Visual China map
On September 27, 2023, local time, in Hamdanyah, Iraq, civil defense personnel inspected the scene of a fire in the wedding hall. Visual China map
On September 27, 2023, local time, people gathered at the scene of the fire in Hamdanya, Iraq. Xinhua News Agency photo
After the fire, Iraqi Prime Minister Sudani instructed the interior minister and the health minister to make every effort to carry out the rescue. A spokesman for Iraq's Ministry of Health said that the fire has been brought under control, and the Ministry of Health is urgently mobilizing ambulances, medicines, medical equipment and so on from neighboring provinces.
On September 27, 2023, local time, in Hamdanyah, Iraq, a man walks in the ruins after a fire in a wedding hall. Visual China map
On September 27, 2023, local time, in Hamdanya, Iraq, an Iraqi girl with burns on her hands lay on a hospital bed, she was injured in a fire in the wedding hall. Visual China map
On September 27, 2023, local time, outside Hamdaniyah General Hospital in Iraq, people gathered around a truck carrying body bags. Visual China map
Iraq's General Directorate of Civil Defense issued a statement saying the wedding hall used highly flammable building materials and lacked alarm and firefighting equipment. Preliminary reports indicate that the use of fireworks during the wedding caused a fire that caused the hall to partially collapse. The cause of the accident is currently under further investigation.
On September 27, 2023, local time, soldiers and emergency responders gathered around ambulances transporting the wounded outside Hamdaniyah General Hospital in Iraq. Visual China map