According to the provincial health department in a statement, the severity of the burns increased the number of deaths in recent days, after the fire quickly took over the facilities where a wedding ceremony was taking place, due to the use of pyrotechnics.

The Ministry of the Interior announced the arrest of 14 people in connection with the incident, including the manager of the hall and the organizer of the fireworks display.

Meanwhile, in Nineveh province, the week of mourning for the victims of the disaster, which began on September 28, is coming to an end.

In July 2021, another fire in a hospital in Iraq killed more than 60 people in a specialized anti-Covid-19 unit in the Al-Hussein hospital in the city of Nasiriyah, 370 kilometers southeast of the capital.

In April of the same year, a similar event in a hospital here left 82 deaths.

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