Published July 14, 2021, 6:25 AM
NASIRIYAH, Iraq – 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.
People gather as a massive fire engulfs the coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, late on July 12, 2021.
Asaad NIAZI / AFP 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 the Monday inferno caused by oxygen canisters exploding.
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