Patients turn into victims of killer fire in Iraq that sparked fury

Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) July 13, 2021

They died as flames ravaged a Covid-19 isolation unit in southern Iraq. On Tuesday, blankets covered the remains of many of the 64 victims in the country's latest tragedy. The colourful blankets strewn across the blackened debris of the temporary quarantine facility at Al-Hussein Hospital in Nasiriyah were the last tangible markers of those who died. Uday al-Jaberi lost four relatives in