[Afghanistan] - Fifty people killed in a shopping center fire in Iraq, state news agency reports

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Fifty people were killed in an enormous fire in a hypermarket in al-Kut city in eastern Iraq, the state news company (INA) reported on
Thursday, pointing out the province’& rsquo; s governor.Videos circulating on social networks showed flames swallowing up a five-storey
building in al-Kut overnight, while firemens were trying to include the fire, Reuters reported.Reuters might not independently validate the
videos.The cause of the fire was not immediately known, however the guv stated initial results from an investigation would be revealed
within 48 hours, INA reported.“& ldquo; We have actually submitted claims versus the owner of the building and the mall,” & rdquo; INA
estimated the guv as saying.The post Fifty individuals killed in a mall fire in Iraq, state news agency reports first appeared on TINS
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