Fire at wedding in Iraq kills at least 100, injures 150

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/09/27/Fire-at-wedding-in-Iraq-kills-at-least-9-injures-25

More than 100 people were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party in Hamdaniya district in Iraq’s Nineveh province that left civil defence searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday.

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venorathebarbarian@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Jesus ... two families, many many friends, just horribly killed on what was supposed to be a happy day.

Words are failing me, that's just really fucking sad.

BruceTwarzen@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y

It's fucking crazy. If this was a random concert or something it would be aweful as it is, but if it's all people who know eachother it's almost surreal.