114 killed, over 200 wounded in Iraq fire

BAGHDAD — Up to 114 people were killed and more than 200 injured in a huge wedding hall fire in a town in Iraq's northern Nineveh Province, its governor told reporters on Wednesday.

The fire broke out on Tuesday night in the al-Haytham Wedding Hall in al-Hamdaniya town, 35 kilometers southeast of the provincial capital Mosul, the official Iraqi News Agency, or INA, quoted the Iraqi Civil Defense as saying earlier.

It said initial reports indicated that fireworks were used during the celebration, which may have caused the fire.