
Iraq Shopping Mall Fire Kills at Least 60
This is Beirut, 17/07 15:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A fire tore through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut overnight, killing at least 61 people, authorities said Thursday as grief-stricken families searched for missing relatives. Officials said many people suffocated in bathrooms, while one person told AFP his five relatives died in an elevator. The blaze -- the latest ...