Iraq fire: Around 100 killed in blaze at wedding party in Qaraqosh (www.bbc.com)

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[-] megane_kun@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The first thing that struck me while watching the video (in the article) is how low the ceilings are compared to the height the pyrotechnics display reached. From the videos (and comments under them) of this disaster elsewhere, it seems that such pyrotechnic displays are common in weddings and that the venue also has substandard and inflammable (non-fireproof) ceilings, lack fire extinguishers, fire exits, and other safety measures.

Here's a news report on the disaster mentioning the venue's faults: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFxbXRfnkis

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

In an address, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako described the fire as a "complete and total catastrophe", according to Iraqi Kurdish news agency Rudaw.

Rania Waad, a wedding guest who sustained a burn to her hand, said that as the bride and groom were slow dancing, "fireworks started to climb to the ceiling, the whole hall went up in flames".

On Wednesday evening, Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari cited Nineveh's health directorate as saying that 94 people had died, according to the state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA).

A journalist in the Kurdish city of Irbil, Blesa Shaways, told the BBC there had not been sufficient "logistical tools to rescue the people" from the fire and that Mosul did not have enough ambulances, healthcare staff and medical equipment to treat the injured.

Earlier, the Civil Defence Directorate said the hall had been covered with highly flammable metal composite panels, which are illegal in the country and "collapse within minutes when a fire breaks out".

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said building inspections would be carried out and safety procedures would be scrutinised, with "the relevant authorities held accountable for any negligence".

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[-] bobman@unilem.org -2 points 1 year ago

Looked really expensive.

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