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Fire at newly opened shopping mall in eastern Iraq kills over 60 people
The New Indian Express Vellore
|July 18, 2025
Officials, residents blame it on lack of fire safety apparatus; probe report to be out in 48 hrs
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KUT A fire engulfed a newly opened shopping center in eastern Iraq, killing more than 60 people, including children, Iraqi officials said Thursday.
Civil defense teams rescued more than 45 people who became trapped when the fire broke out late Wednesday in the city of Kut in Wasit province, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Others are still missing, according to the state-run Iraqi News Agency.
Photographs and videos on local media showed the five-story Corniche Hypermarket Mall engulfed in flames only a week after it had opened. While the cause of the fire is still under investigation, officials and residents alleged that a lack of fire safety measures in the building contributed to the scale of the tragedy.
This story is from the July 18, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Vellore.
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