Medics say at least 100 people have died at a wedding after the celebration hall caught fire

At least 100 people have died and many more have been injured after a fire broke out at a wedding in northern Iraq.

Officials say up to a thousand people had been attending the ceremony near the city of Mosul when the blaze happened.
It is being reported that fireworks may have started the blaze.

Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed has more from Baghdad for the latest updates.

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