At least 60 dead as giant inferno rips through high-rise supermarket with horror footage showing building gutted in Iraq
The blaze at the newly-opened six-storey Hyper Mall in the city of Kut, where men, women and children were shopping at the time.
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Footage shows the massive fire in the building
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A fire truck stands next to the wreckage of a five-storey shopping center
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Military personnel members sit in a vehicle near the wreckage of a shopping center
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The blaze broke out late Wednesday, reportedly starting on the first floor before rapidly engulfing the building.
Though the fire was eventually contained, firefighters continued searching for missing victims.
Civil defence teams rescued more than 45 people who were trapped inside the five-storey building, which includes a restaurant and a supermarket, the interior ministry said.
"The tragic fire claimed the lives of 61 innocent citizens, most of whom suffocated in bathrooms, and among them 14 charred bodies yet to be identified," the interior ministry said in a statement.
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