Funerals have been taking place for the victims of a fire that killed more than 100 people 150 injured at a wedding reception in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, Hamdaniya.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, who has ordered an investigation into the blaze, also visited Hamdaniya on Thursday to inspect the site of the fire and meet the families of the victims and survivors. Several of the dead were also buried on Wednesday afternoon in Hamdaniya, less than 24 hours after the fire.

The crowd of mourners looked stunned as relatives and friends carried the coffins of the victims while other family members wailed. Some stood in silence next to photos placed on the graves of their loved ones.

More funerals are expected in the coming days as investigators continue to identify the victims, some of whom were burned beyond recognition.

Most of those who attended the wedding belong to Nineveh’s Christian minority. But the tragedy sent ripples of grief beyond Hamdaniya, a region of small towns with a mixture of Christians, Muslims and small minority religions in the Nineveh Plains outside the northern city of Mosul.