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At least 100 killed, over 150 injured as fire breaks out at wedding party in Iraq
Hindustan Times ^ | Sep 27, 2023

Posted on 09/26/2023 5:33:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The fire happened in Iraq's Nineveh province in its Hamdaniya area, authorities said.

A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150 others, authorities said Wednesday. The fire happened in Iraq's Nineveh province in its Hamdaniya area, authorities said. That's just outside of the northern city of Mosul, some 335 kilometers (205 miles) northwest of the capital, Baghdad.

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1 posted on 09/26/2023 5:33:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Well obviously this is somehow Trump’s fault.

News at Eleven! ;)


2 posted on 09/26/2023 5:36:17 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: nickcarraway

I’ve never been to a wedding with that many people, not even close.


3 posted on 09/26/2023 5:40:23 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Naaa. Climate change for sure.


4 posted on 09/26/2023 5:47:35 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants ( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
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To: nickcarraway

Could have been the whiskey...


5 posted on 09/26/2023 5:48:21 PM PDT by Edward Teach ( )
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To: nickcarraway

Just another Iraqi wacky wedding!!! No biggie


6 posted on 09/26/2023 5:50:30 PM PDT by albie
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To: nickcarraway

I read some French history a while back, where at at wedding, about 14th century, one attendee dressed as a tree, or a bird (can’t recall well), using pitch to fasten the bark or feathers to himself.

Well, he got a little too close to some flame, and combusted.

Can’t recall more detail. Anyone?


7 posted on 09/26/2023 8:38:03 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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To: nickcarraway

Were any of the bride’s family sheep?


8 posted on 09/26/2023 8:46:45 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: Scrambler Bob

I found it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_des_Ardents

Brief description -
The Bal des Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men[1]) or the Bal des Sauvages[2] (Ball of the Wild Men), was a masquerade ball[note 1] held on 28 January 1393 in Paris at which Charles VI of France performed in a dance with five members of the French nobility. Four of the dancers were killed in a fire caused by a torch brought in by Charles’s brother Louis I, Duke of Orléans.

A tragic event with drama and irony.


9 posted on 09/26/2023 9:01:16 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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To: Scrambler Bob

As I remember, he had to be sewn into his costume, no zipper in those days.


10 posted on 09/26/2023 9:08:45 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: nickcarraway
It was a Christian wedding with indoor fireworks. Idiocy.

Video of how the fire started:

Could you imagine being at this wedding? (Twitter)

11 posted on 09/28/2023 2:53:23 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins..)
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Why would anyone =, except a heavy metal band, have indoor fireworks?


12 posted on 09/28/2023 2:54:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Bush’s Fault.


13 posted on 09/28/2023 2:54:49 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Drew68
It was a Christian wedding with indoor fireworks. Idiocy.

Yep, it's happened before:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Station_nightclub_fire

14 posted on 09/28/2023 4:52:21 PM PDT by Kenny Bania (Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
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