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Anger mounts after 92 die in fire on Iraq COVID ward

Anger mounts after 92 die in fire on Iraq COVID ward

AHMED RASHEED and MAHER AL-SAIH THE death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq rose to 92, health officials said, as authorities faced accusations of negligence from grieving relatives and a doctor who works there. More than 100 people were injured in the blaze on Monday night in Nassiriya, officials said. An investigation showed the fire began when sparks from faulty wiring spread to an oxygen tank that then exploded, police and civil defence authorities said. It was Iraq's second such tragedy in three months, and the country's president on Tuesday blamed corruption for…
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