Iraq fire: Eyewitnesses tell of wedding hall blaze horror - BBC News

Survivors of the inferno which killed nearly 100 people describe what happened as the fire took hold.

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Iraq wedding fire: How the blaze unfolded

Nearly 100 people have been killed and many more injured in a blaze at a wedding celebration in Qaraqosh in northern Iraq. Eyewitnesses have described to the BBC scenes of horror and panic as the fire took hold.

Nineteen-year-old Ghaly Nassim was only a few metres away from the al-Haitham banquet hall when the fire broke out on Tuesday evening.

He rushed to help five of his friends who were trapped inside.

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