Wasit Province Mall Fire Kills 50, Videos Show Massive Flames Engulfing Building; WATCH

A devastating fire in a Wasit, Iraq shopping mall killed at least 50 people. Videos show the five-story building engulfed in flames overnight, with firefighters struggling to contain the blaze.

A devastating fire in a Wasit, Iraq shopping mall killed at least 50 people.

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At least 50 people have died in a devastating fire that tore through a shopping mall in Iraq’s Wasit province, according to news agency AFP. Harrowing videos circulating on social media showed the five-storey building engulfed in flames overnight as firefighters struggled to control the inferno.

“The number of victims has reached about 50 people, martyrs and injured, in the tragic fire at a major shopping centre,” said Wasit governor Mohammed al-Miyahi in a statement to the official INA news agency.

 

Fifty lives lost not to war, but to negligence. A mall should be a place of joy — not death. Iraq mourns, and so should the world.#IraqFire #KutTragedy
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While the exact cause of the blaze remains unknown, the governor added that preliminary findings from the ongoing investigation are expected to be revealed within 48 hours.