Iraq sizzles as blackouts hit
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03/07/2021 - 04:16 Iraqi youths buy ice blocks at a factory in the Baghdad district of Sadr City AHMAD AL-RUBAYE AFP 3 min
Baghdad (AFP)
When the mercury soared to 52 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit) this week in Iraq, Ali Karrar placed his baby for a couple of minutes in the fridge.
But when the power went off on Thursday night across oil-rich Iraq, people were left at a loss as to how to escape the torrid heat.
Those with the means hooked up fridges, air conditioning units and fans to private generators but not Karrar, who lives in the town of Al-Hillah, as well as others across the impoverished and rural south.
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