The cause of the fire with more than 100 victims at a wedding in Iraq was fireworks

2023-09-27T12:00:20.191Z

Highlights: Russian leader Vladimir Putin expresses his condolences to Iraqi President Abdel Latif Rashid and Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani in connection with the consequences of the fire in Al-Hamdaniyah. The Red Crescent organization said on its social networks that the number of dead and injured in a fire at a wedding in the Iraqi province of Ninawa exceeded 450. A spokesman for Iraq's Interior Ministry said fireworks and an almost complete lack of security measures were the main causes of the blaze. He added that a significant increase in the. number of casualties during the fire was caused by the fact that emergency exits from the hall were closed.

A spokesman for Iraq's Interior Ministry said fireworks and an almost complete lack of security measures were the main causes of the fire in the Iraqi city of Al-Hamdaniyah, which killed more than a hundred people. About this TV channel Al Jazeera.