{"id":268671,"date":"2025-07-17T06:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T06:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/268671\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T06:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T06:58:11","slug":"dozens-dead-others-missing-in-huge-fire-at-hypermarket-in-iraqs-kut-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/268671\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens dead, others missing in huge fire at hypermarket in Iraq\u2019s Kut | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"post-label__text\">DEVELOPING STORY<\/strong>DEVELOPING STORY, <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead\">\u2018A tragedy and a calamity have befallen us,\u201d the Wasit province governor says.<\/p>\n<p>At least 60 people have been killed and several more are missing in a huge fire at a hypermarket in Kut city in eastern Iraq, the city\u2019s health authorities and two police sources have told the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have compiled a list of 59 victims whose identities have been confirmed, but one body was so badly burned that it has been extremely difficult to identify,\u201d a city health official told Reuters on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have more bodies that have not been recovered, still under fire debris,\u201d city official Ali al-Mayahi told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Videos on social media showed flames engulfing a five-storey building in Kut overnight, where firefighters were trying to contain the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The Wasjit province governor, Mohammed al-Mayahi, said the fire broke out in a hypermarket and a restaurant. Families were having dinner and shopping, he said. Firefighters rescued a number of people and put out the fire, the governor added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3842433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-9.15.08-AM-copy-1752733152.jpg\" alt=\"Hypermarket in Kut city in eastern Iraq\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>Hypermarket in Kut city in eastern Iraq [Screen grab\/ Al Jazeera]<\/p>\n<p>Three days of mourning have been announced and an investigation has been launched. Investigation results will be released within 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA tragedy and a calamity have befallen us,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have filed lawsuits against the owner of the building and the mall,\u201d INA quoted the governor as saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, \u2018A tragedy and a calamity have befallen us,\u201d the Wasit province governor says. At least&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[748,393,4884,10470,839,12,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-268671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-iraq","12":"tag-middle-east","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-northern-ireland","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114867280571881563","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}