Sorrow sweeps Iraq city as 64 die in fire at COVID unit By AFP - Jul 14,2021 - Last updated at Jul 14,2021 People gather as a massive fire engulfs the coronavirus isolation ward of Al Hussein hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, late on Monday (AFP photo) NASIRIYAH, Iraq — Grief and anger gripped the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Tuesday after fire swept through a temporary COVID isolation unit, killing at least 64 people and injuring dozens. The devastating blaze on Monday evening at the southern city's Al Hussein Hospital, which medics said was fuelled by oxygen canisters exploding, was the second such tragedy in Iraq in three months.