A fire has torn through a wedding in Iraq, killing more than 100 people and injuring 150 others.
The civil defence was searching the charred skeleton of a building in Hamdaniya district, Iraq’s Nineveh province, for survivors into the early hours of Wednesday.
Nineveh Deputy Governor Hasan al-Allaq told Reuters that 113 people had been confirmed dead, with state media putting the death toll at at least 100, with 150 injured.
The fire ripped through a large events hall in the north-eastern region after fireworks were lit during the celebration, local civil defence said, according to state media.
