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292:Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani
246:hospital fire in Baghdad
409:Colectiv nightclub fire
362:61st Regiment Farm fire
329:Archbishop Bashar Warda
304:Grenfell Tower incident
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296:Abdul Amir al-Shammari
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481:. 26 September 2023.
206:Al-Hamdaniya District
141:36.28083°N 43.37778°E
107:Al-Hamdaniya District
22:Qaraqosh wedding fire
1203:, Netherlands (2000)
1118:Lame Horse nightclub
995:Agence France-Presse
900:. 26 September 2023
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1275:2023 fires in Asia
1233:, Indonesia (2017)
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1094:Cromañón nightclub
808:. 2 October 2023.
580:The New York Times
474:The New York Times
364:in Xinjiang, China
317:Assyrian community
218:pyrotechnic flares
214:fireworks accident
183:Non-fatal injuries
169:Pyrotechnic flares
146:36.28083; 43.37778
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1237:Duttapukur
1031:24 October
543:Al Jazeera
415:References
273:Casualties
224:Background
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129:36°16′51″N
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1231:Tangerang
1183:Culemborg
991:France 24
816:3 October
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278:injured.
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