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Al Jazeera on MSNAt least 61 dead, 45 rescued in huge fire at hypermarket in Iraq’s KutAt least 61 people have been killed and several more are missing in a huge fire at a hypermarket in Kut city in eastern Iraq, according to officials.
A huge fire has torn through a commercial building in Iraq’s eastern city of Kut, killing dozens of people, local authorities said Thursday.
The complex had only just opened and legal cases have been opened against its owners. The cause is so far unclear.
A fire engulfed a newly opened shopping center in eastern Iraq, killing more than 60 people, including children, Iraqi officials said Thursday.