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BREAKING NEWS: Fire kills at least 29 in northern Iraqi city
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Foreigners among 29 killed in Iraq hotel fire
Blaze blamed on electrical fault raged out of control in northern city
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — A fire at a hotel in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah killed 29 people, including foreigners, and injured at least 22 others, a health department official said Friday.
The fire, at the Soma Hotel in the central area of the city, raged out of control for several hours, officials said.
"This is not a terrorist act. Most probably it was due to an electrical fault," said Qader Hama-Jan, a local security official.
This is a breaking news story. Please check back for more details.
I dont know why this is breaking news, but it is.
It could be more than just a fire, and depending on who the foreigners are, and what they were doin in Iraq, could be something big.
Breaking News
Blaze blamed on electrical fault raged out of control in northern city
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — A fire at a hotel in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah killed 29 people, including foreigners, and injured at least 22 others, a health department official said Friday.
The fire, at the Soma Hotel in the central area of the city, raged out of control for several hours, officials said.
"This is not a terrorist act. Most probably it was due to an electrical fault," said Qader Hama-Jan, a local security official.
This is a breaking news story. Please check back for more details.
I dont know why this is breaking news, but it is.
It could be more than just a fire, and depending on who the foreigners are, and what they were doin in Iraq, could be something big.
Breaking News
At least 40 die as blaze rips through Iraqi hotel
Foreigners, women and children believed to be among the victims
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — A fire at a hotel in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah killed 40 people, including foreigners, and injured at least 23 others, a hospital source said Friday.
A security official said the fire in Iraq's relatively stable and violence-free Kurdish region was not a terrorist act and the cause was under investigation.
The fire, at the Soma Hotel in the central area of the city, began late Thursday and raged out of control for several hours.
At least three of the victims died jumping from the third floor to escape the flames, an official said.
"Most of the people who were killed were choked because of the smoke. They could not get out," said Dr. Reqot Hama-Rasheed, head of the health department in the city.
'Not a terrorist act'
A source at the city's emergency hospital said the death toll was 40, with another 23 people injured.
Women and children were among the casualties.
The article was just updated.
Not a terrorist act. But nonetheless a sad event that took the lives of innocent children.
Foreigners, women and children believed to be among the victims
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — A fire at a hotel in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah killed 40 people, including foreigners, and injured at least 23 others, a hospital source said Friday.
A security official said the fire in Iraq's relatively stable and violence-free Kurdish region was not a terrorist act and the cause was under investigation.
The fire, at the Soma Hotel in the central area of the city, began late Thursday and raged out of control for several hours.
At least three of the victims died jumping from the third floor to escape the flames, an official said.
"Most of the people who were killed were choked because of the smoke. They could not get out," said Dr. Reqot Hama-Rasheed, head of the health department in the city.
'Not a terrorist act'
A source at the city's emergency hospital said the death toll was 40, with another 23 people injured.
Women and children were among the casualties.
The article was just updated.
Not a terrorist act. But nonetheless a sad event that took the lives of innocent children.
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