Fireworks sparked a fire in the holiday room where a big wedding was held. The authorities announced yesterday September 27, a “provisional assessment” of 100 dead and 150 people injured yesterday, September 27..
According to help, “fireworks” and “highly flammable building materials” are, in fact, at the origin of the flames which ravaged the reception room where several hundred guests were gathered for a wedding organized in the Christian city of Qaraqosh.
In a press release, the civil defense reported the presence of prefabricated panels “highly flammable and offender to safety standards” in the holiday room where the drama took place.
“The fire caused the fall of certain parts of the ceiling, due to the use of highly flammable and inexpensive building materials” according to the same source, reports AFP.