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Nearly 50 people killed, injured in shopping center fire in eastern Iraq

07:0817/07/2025, Thursday
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No further details provided on condition of injured citizens

Nearly 50 people were killed and injured in a shopping center fire in eastern Iraq on Thursday, according to local media.

The official news agency INA said that a fire broke out in a shopping center in the Kut city of the Wasit governorate, south of the capital Baghdad, killing and injuring nearly 50 people.

The local authorities have initiated the legal proceedings against the owner of the shopping center, the governor said in a statement cited by INA.

No further details regarding the victims were reported.

#Iraq
#Wasit
#eastern Iraq
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