Mehr als 100 Menschen sterben durch Brand bei Hochzeitsfeier im Irak

Bei einem Brand bei einer Hochzeitsfeier im Irak sind mehr als 100 Menschen ums Leben gekommen und über 150 weitere verletzt worden.

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00:00 More than 100 people died in a fire at a wedding in Iraq and more than 150 others were injured.

00:08 Images of the disaster showed a collapsed and burned-out hall.

00:15 It is a tragedy, while in a hall used for weddings in Al-Hamdaniya near Mosul in northern

00:21 Iraq up to 1,000 people celebrated, there was a deadly fire.

00:26 On videos on social media, which show moments before the fire, apparently burning parts of

00:33 the ceiling of the room are falling off.

00:36 Wedding guests jump from tables and try to get themselves safe.

00:40 The wedding couple on the dance floor seems to be in shock.

00:44 Survivors said on television that the couple survived, other sources report that they

00:51 also died in the fire.

00:55 The fire was caused by a high-explosive material.

00:57 The hall was equipped with highly flammable clothing, the civil protection declared.

01:03 It violated safety regulations and did not have a pre-described alarm system.

01:10 The fire partly caused the hall to collapse, because highly flammable, cheap building materials

01:17 were used, which collapse within minutes in a fire, the civil protection authority

01:23 reported.

01:24 The cause of the fire is still unclear, first reports said that the fire broke out shortly

01:29 after the firework bodies were lit, which has not yet been confirmed by the official

01:33 side.

01:34 Rescue workers are still looking for survivors under the rubble of the burned-out hall.

01:40 Many people gathered in the night in front of the accident site.

01:45 Families would look for their relatives and treat many injured people with burns in hospitals,

01:52 said a representative.

01:54 Local television stations showed images of bodies covered with cloths on the street and

01:59 ambulances.

02:00 The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Saif Al-Badr, said in the early morning that

02:06 the situation was under control.