A local governor in eastern Iraq says a fire at a mall killed 50 people. Wasit province Gov. Mohammed al-Mayyeh declared three day of mourning for the fire that began Wednesday. Few other details ...

A fire tore through a newly opened shopping center in eastern Iraq, killing at least 61 people, including women and children, according to officials.

The governor of an Iraqi province where a fire in a shopping mall killed more than 60 people has resigned. Officials and ...

Over 60 people died and dozens were injured in a shopping centre blaze in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut. An investigation and legal actions are in progress.View on euronews ...

Iraq's Civil Defense closed nearly 5,000 buildings for safety violations, a move that follows the tragic Kut fire and ...

Officials in Iraq are struggling to identify more than a dozen bodies pulled from a deadly fire at a shopping mall ...

In July 2021, a blaze at a hospital in Nasiriyah that killed more than 60 people was determined to have been fuelled by highly flammable, low-cost type of “sandwich panel” cladding that is ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — A fire at a mall in eastern Iraq’s Wasit province killed 50 people, including women and children, the provincial governor said Thursday.

Poor building standards have often contributed to tragic fires in Iraq. In July 2021, a blaze at a hospital in the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah that killed between 60 to 92 people was determined to have ...