Iraq fire: Eyewitnesses tell of wedding hall blaze horror
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./ "One door was blocked, so we opened it by force. Massive flames came out of the hall. It was like Hell's doors opened," he said./ ...
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