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Iraq fire: more than 100 dead in blaze at wedding ceremony

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At least 100 people have died after a fire broke out at a wedding in northern Iraq.
Authorities are warning the death toll could rise.
150 others are said to have been injured,
It happened in a mainly Christian part of Hamdaniya district, in the province of Nineveh.

Up to a thousand people were at the ceremony.
Officials say most of the injured were burned and were struggling to breathe.
It's reported that fireworks may have started the blaze.
Iraq's Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia al Sudani, has ordered an investigation.

Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed is live in Baghdad for the latest updates.

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