The Iraqi Nineveh Health Ministry reported today, Wednesday, that 100 deaths were recorded as a preliminary toll as a result of the Hamdaniya fire accident, and more than 150 others were injured.
The directorate said in a statement carried by the Iraqi News Agency, “Civil Defense is mobilizing firefighting teams to control a fire accident that broke out inside an events hall in the Al-Hamdaniya area in Nineveh Governorate.”
The Minister of Health, Saleh Mahdi Al-Hasnawi, had directed the alert to provide first aid and treat those injured in the accident.
A statement by the Ministry of Health stated, “Minister of Health, Saleh Mahdi Al-Hasnawi, directed the ministry’s departments in Nineveh Governorate and its neighboring departments to be mobilized to aid and treat those injured in the fire accident in Al-Hamdaniya district and to provide them with health care.”
Evacuate all those injured in the accident
Interior Minister Abdul Amir Al-Shammari confirmed that civil defense teams were able to evacuate all those injured in the Hamdaniyah fire accident.
Al-Shammari told the Iraqi News Agency that he “went to Nineveh Governorate to find out the repercussions of the wedding hall fire incident in Al-Hamdaniya.”
He added, “Civil Defense was able to evacuate all those injured in the fire accident.”
Earlier, Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani directed the Ministers of Interior and Health to mobilize all efforts to provide relief to those affected by the fire in Al-Hamdaniya District.
The Prime Minister’s Media Office stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency, “Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani is making a phone call to the Governor of Nineveh, to find out the repercussions of the fire that occurred in one of the wedding halls in the Al-Hamdaniya district in the Nineveh Plain, and directs the Ministers of Interior and Health to mobilize all efforts to provide relief.” Those affected by the unfortunate accident.
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2023-09-26 22:27:26
