Iraq Shopping Mall Fire Kills 61
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The complex had only just opened and legal cases have been opened against its owners. The cause is so far unclear.
A fire tore through a shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut on Thursday, killing more than 50 people, medical sources told AFP. “We have more than 50 martyrs and many unidentified bodies,” a medical source said.
Following the Israeli strikes on Syria' capital, Damascus, our verification specialists are assessing the damage A fire that tore through a shopping centre in the Iraqi city of Kut has left dozens dead,
Video circulating online showed flames engulfing a five-storey building in the city of Al-Kut, with ambulances delivering casualties to hospitals until the early hours of Thursday.