Fireworks at a wedding in Iraq start fire which kills over 100 people

[malaise]

https://www.google.com/search?q=fireworks+wedding+fire+iraq&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-jm&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:bc66c2a0,vid:upCcgauqujw,st:0

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66932327


At least 100 people have died and 150 others are injured after a fire broke out during a wedding in Iraq's biggest Christian town.
Hundreds were celebrating in a banqueting hall in Qaraqosh in Nineveh province when it happened.
It is not known what started the fire but some reports suggest fireworks set it off.
Flammable panels fuelled the flames, causing parts of the ceiling to catch fire and fall, fire officials said.
"The fire led to the collapse of parts of the hall as a result of the use of highly flammable, low-cost building materials that collapse within minutes when fire breaks out," Iraq's civil defence directorate said, quoted by state news agency INA.

Fireworks ina fucking hall- the organizers should die inpeison.
People are so fucking stupid that it literally burns.

[PJMcK]

1. Fireworks are explosives and they are not toys

People can be exceptionally stupid with fireworks (and guns).

Several years ago in upstate New York, a man and his brother were setting up the fireworks for the gender-reveal party for the man's unborn baby (that's really a thing!). The day before the party, the two men decided to stage a rehearsal. The explosives went off killing the man and severely injuring his brother. They couldn't just have pink or blue balloons? Now the baby will grow up without its father. Pathetic.

Fireworks in a fucking hall?! Also, it sounds like the building materials weren't up to the safety codes we have in the U.S.That'll be a wedding few will forget.

[malaise]

2. Some of us have more money than

common sense

[brewens]

3. Sounds like what happened to Great White. Those were stage pyrotechnics and you could

see the flames reach the ceiling and spread. It created so much dense black smoke in seconds everyone was blinded and panicked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Station_nightclub_fire

[Sympthsical]

5. I saw the unedited video of this once

Once.

Ever since, if I'm in any kind of small, crowded venue, I stand towards the back and immediately clock where each and every entrance and exit is.

It's one of those things you will not forget for the rest of your life.

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. Will we do ourselves in before Mother Nature does?

The pari-mutuel betting windows are now open.

There are no payoff windows, since it's starting to look like there'll be no one left to collect their winnings either way.