The Civil Defense Directorate announced that fire brigades were on alert to control a fire incident in Al-Hamdaniya district in Nineveh.
A fire broke out in a wedding hall in the Hamdaniya district of Nineveh, leading to the death of 12 people and the injury of 66 others, according to a preliminary toll.
The Minister of Health, Saleh Mahdi Al-Hasnawi, directed the alert to respond to and treat those injured in the fire accident.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency