Fearing how victims will grow, rescuers continue to look for missing people in the debris of the mall in the mall at Iraq where a large one broke out fire As a result, 69 people find a tragic death.
Among the victims are many children and women. Although The fire that broke out in the mall in Kut, in eastern Iraq on Wednesday night (16.07.2025) has now been extinguishedmissing people have not yet been found. Authorities estimate that those who are recovering will be dead.
#BREAKING Fifty people were killed in a massive fire in a hypermarket in al-Kut city in eastern Iraq
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An eyewitness states that he saw an air conditioner exploding. The causes of the tragedy have not yet been disclosed. Authorities believe that by Saturday they will have ascertained exactly the reason that caused the fiery nightmare on the 5th floor mall.
The first moments of the fire at the hypermarket mall in Kut#Iraq_News #Kut #finccient pic.twitter.com/BdYOixMgvM
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#BREAKING: At least 50 people, mostly women and children, were killed in a fire that broke out early Thursday at a shopping mall in the city of Kut, Iraq’s Wasit province, Governor Mohammed Jameel al-Miyahi announced. The blaze has since been brought under control.Social… pic.twitter.com/c5dZF9hukx
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As the fire broke out, crowds of people rushed to the spot to learn news about his people.
Friends and relatives were invited to recognize the bodies that were charred.
Although it was reported, the reason for the fire has not been known, there are countless complaints about incomplete security measures in Iraq.
The frames recorded by Reuters are captured by the horror of Iraq’s citizens in recent hours.
The shots published yesterday on social media seem to be on the roof of the burning building and begging for help.
About 50 people died in a fire at a shopping mall in the Iraqi city of #Kut near #Baghdad
The mall opened five days ago. The country declared three days of mourning. pic.twitter.com/ziYxDNdy4N
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“There are more carcasses that have not yet been collected under the wreckage of fire,” city official Ali al-Mayhi told Reuters.