Authorities warn that the death toll, already around 100, could rise from a fire that raced through a wedding hall in Iraq's Nineveh province.

A raging fire seemingly caused by fireworks set off to celebrate a Christian wedding consumed a hall packed with guests in northern Iraq, killing at least 100 people and injuring 150 others as ...

The wedding hall lacked emergency exits and a sprinkler system, and was made of materials that seemed similar to those used in Grenfell Tower in London, where a fire in 2017 killed 79 people.

Christian religious leaders in northern Iraq are calling for an international investigation into a tragic wedding fire that claimed the lives of over 100 people last week.

A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150 others, authorities said Wednesday, warning the death toll could rise higher.