Public mourning in western Kurdistan province after wedding ceremony disaster

Authorities in Kurdistan province, western Iran announced public mourning on Friday following a fire at a wedding ceremony in Saghez which killed 11 people.

Iran Press/Iran news: Last night, eleven people including three children were killed and forty-two were injured in a fire at a wedding ceremony.

Deputy Governor of Kurdistan for political, security and social affairs said the accident was caused by a leak in a gas connected to the heater.

Three of the wounded are reportedly in serious condition.

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