Does this video show the tragic incident when fire broke out at a wedding party in Northern Iraq? No, that's not true: This video is from 2010 and is in Lebanon, not Iraq.
The claim appeared in several posts like this video (archived here) on TikTok by @mohanad_1987 on September 27, 2023, with banners (translated from Arabic to English by Lead Stories staff) that say:
A video clip showing the fire inside a wedding hall in Al-Hamdaniya area, may God have mercy on their souls
Brothers and sisters, I call on you to pray for a speedy recovery for those injured by the fire
This is what the post looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:
(Source: TikTok screenshot taken on Thu September 28 14:44:31 2023 UTC)
These posts use a video of an old but similar incident, where a fire broke out during a wedding in Lebanon in 2010. The video was published on YouTube in April 2013.
Claims using the Lebanon video started to spread after a fire broke out during a wedding party in the Iraqi Christian town of Al-Hamdaniya, locally known as Qarqush, September 26, 2023. The fire claimed the lives of over 100 people, and hundreds more were injured.
