A firefighter checks the damage in an event hall in Qaraqosh, also known as Hamdaniya, after a fire broke out during a wedding, killing at least 100 people and injuring more than 150, Sept. 27, 2023. (Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP)
Mourners attend the funeral of victims who were killed when a fire ripped through a crowded wedding hall in the mainly Christian northern city of Qaraqosh, also known as Hamdaniyah, Sept. 27, 2023. (Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP)
Kurdistan Region local and health officials are seen at Erbil Emergency Hospital, to where the victims of the deadly fire in Hamdaniyah are transferred, Sept. 27, 2023. (Photo: Erbil Governorate).