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Fire Gutts Iraqi Fire Shopping Center, we kill at least 61 people, princes say

Baghdad – A fire in the new-opening stores in Iraq recently killed over 60 people, including women and children, Iraq officials said on Thursday. The National Ministry said in a statement that 61 people were killed, most of them since growing, ranging started on Wednesday in the City of Al-Kut.

Among the dead were 14 bodies that have been set unknown, the department said.

The African News AFP pointed to the ministry that most of the dead were found in the bathrooms.

Many people were killed in a large fire in the new fire in town eastern Iraq of Iraqi Ut July 17, 2025, the Ministry of Interior.

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Protection groups have been able to rescue more than 45 arrested in the building, said in a statement.

MALL, only open last week, was in a five-story building that contained restaurant and supermarkets.

State-Run Iraqi News Agencer reported that people remain lost. Photos and videos to the Home Affairs showed a complete structure of flames.

Gov Province. Mohammed Al-Mayyeh in a statement that has announced three days to mourning. He said the cause of fire was interrogated but that official cases were placed on the building owner and the owner of the stores. He did not clear the charges.

“We guarantee the families of innocent victims that we will not tolerate those directly or indirectly in the incident,” said Al-Maye Mayye.

Fire a night at the shopping center kills hundreds of people, al-kut

Fire trucks standing near the burning of the shopping center, after the great fire all night killed people, in Al-Kut-Kut-Kut-Kut-Vala, July 17, 2025.

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The results of the first investigation will be released within 48 hours, he said.

The Prime Minister Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani said by a statement he had directed the interior attendance to go to the fire site to investigate and take steps to prevent reputation.

The negative structures often contribute to painful fires in Iraq. Fire in July 2021 in a hospital in the city of Nasiyyas killing between 60 to 92

In 2023, more than 100 people were killed in a fire hall in a worldwide Christian area of Haldanijah in the Province of Nineveh after a roof exploding over the flames.

The negative structures often contribute to painful fires in Iraq. On July 2021, the hospital was burning in the city of Nasi-killed by many people who were determined to be victimized in a burning type, the most exposed “sandbich panel” in Iraq.

In 2023, more than 100 people were killed in a fire hall in a worldwide Christian area of Haldanijah in the Province of Nineveh after a roof exploding over the flames.

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