Scores killed in blaze at Iraq wedding celebration ’caused by fireworks’

Dozens of people died in the fire (AP)

A blaze believed to have been caused by fireworks set off to celebrate a Christian wedding has destroyed a hall packed with guests in northern Iraq, killing around 100 people and injuring 150 others.

Authorities said that flammable building materials also contributed to the latest disaster to hit Iraq’s dwindling Christian minority.