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82 dead in Iraq Covid hospital fire, 110 wounded: ministry
BAGHDAD, April 25, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – At least 82 people died and 110 were wounded in a Baghdad Covid-19 hospital fire overnight Sunday, the Iraqi interior ministry said in a new toll.
“The interior ministry announces the death of 82 people and injury of 110 in the Ibn al-Khatib fire accident,” it said in a statement carried by state media.
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