At least 61 people have been killed and several more are missing in a huge fire at a hypermarket in Kut city in eastern Iraq, ...

Iraqi officials say a fire engulfed a newly opened shopping center in eastern Iraq, killing more than 60 people in eastern Wasit province.

A massive fire in a hypermarket in al-Kut city in southern Iraq has left at least 69 people dead and 11 others missing, the ...

KUT, IRAQ: At least 61 people have been killed and many more are missing following a devastating fire that broke out at the ...

At least 60 people were killed and 11 reported missing after a massive fire engulfed a newly opened supermarket in Kut city, ...

Reuters' footage of the aftermath of the overnight fire showed the blackened exterior of "Corniche Hypermarket" building.

The complex had only just opened and legal cases have been opened against its owners. The cause is so far unclear.

Local officials blamed shoddy construction and a lack of preparedness for the scale of the tragedy at the newly opened building.

The cause of the fire remains unknown. However, the province's governor said initial results from an investigation would be ...

A devastating fire erupted in a newly opened shopping centre in Kut, eastern Iraq, resulting in the deaths of over 60 people, ...

A huge fire has torn through a commercial building in Iraq’s eastern city of Kut, killing dozens of people, local authorities said Thursday.