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At least 66 dead after fire breaks out in COVID-19 ward at Iraq hospital

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Families of the victims of a hospital fire in Iraq held funerals in Najaf for their loved ones on Tuesday as the death toll rose to 66.

An angry crowd gathered in Nassiriya where the fire broke out near the city's morgue, blaming local authorities for negligence.

More than 100 others were injured in Monday night's fire, which an initial investigation showed began when sparks from faulty wiring spread to an oxygen tank that then exploded, local police and civil defense authorities said.

In April, a similar explosion at Baghdad COVID-19 hospital killed at least 82 and injured 110. The head of Iraq's semi-official Human Rights Commission said Monday's blast showed how ineffective safety measures in a health system crippled by war and sanctions still were.

Two health officials said the dead from Monday's fire included 21 charred bodies that were still unidentified.

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