Dozens dead after fire at shopping centre in Iraq

Firefighters in front of a burning hypermarket building in Kut, Iraq
The Corniche Hypermarket Mall in Kut, Iraq, had opened only a week before it was engulfed in flames. -AP

A fire has engulfed a newly opened shopping centre in eastern Iraq, killing more than 60 people, including children, Iraqi officials say.

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