HORRIFIC A man looks around at the ravaged coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital in Al Nasiriyah, Iraq after a massive fire engulfed it on July 12, 2021. Health officials said scores of others were injured in the blaze that erupted on Monday at al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Nasiriyah. Two Iraqi health officials, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, disputed the reported death toll, saying 88 had been killed. Iraq's health minister resigned over the disaster. Ali Karar, a cleaner at the hospital, said the ward had only four fire extinguishers and no fire alarm system.

Source: Manila Times July 13, 2021 17:26 UTC