Qaraqosh wedding fire

When

26 Sep 2023

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

36.28° N, 43.38° E

Description

2023 fire in Iraq

Deaths

122

Injured

82

Fire in Hamdaniya, Iraq

On 26 September 2023, at around 22:45 AST, a fire broke out at the Al Haytham Wedding Hall during an Assyrian wedding in Qaraqosh, Al-Hamdaniya District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. The fireworks accident was triggered by the ignition of the ceiling by pyrotechnic flares. Out of the estimated 1,000 people present, approximately 107 were killed, and 82 were injured.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Qaraqosh wedding fire: More than 100 people are killed and more than 150 others are injured in a fire at a wedding in Qaraqosh, Nineveh Governorate”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Bajdida, Irak, se registra un fuerte incendio durante la celebración de una boda, dejando un saldo mortal de 114 personas fallecidas y más de 100 persona…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “فاجعة الحمدانية، اندلع حريق في قاعة زفاف بقضاء الحمدانية التابع لمحافظة نينوى في العراق ما تسبب في مقتل حوالي 120 شخصاً، وإصابة أكثر من 200 شخصًا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page