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Governor says 19 killed in hotel fire in Irbil, Iraq
Fire in the hotel: A police officer walks towards the scene of a fire in a hotel and adjacent massage parlor which has killed several people and injured others Frida, Feb
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Fire in the hotel: A police officer walks towards the scene of a fire in a hotel and adjacent massage parlor which has killed several people and injured others Frida, Feb. 5, 2016, in Irbil, capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Nawzad Hadi, the governor of Irbil, said the fire broke out in the sauna of the Hotel Capitol at 4pm on Friday afternoon. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen) (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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span class="inline inline-center">Fire in the hotel: A police officer walks towards the scene of a fire in a hotel and adjacent massage parlor which has killed several people and injured others Frida, Feb. 5, 2016, in Irbil, capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Nawzad Hadi, the governor of Irbil, said the fire broke out in the sauna of the Hotel Capitol at 4pm on Friday afternoon. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
A fire in a hotel and adjacent massage parlor has killed 19 people and wounded ten others Friday in Irbil, capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Nawzad Hadi, the governor of Irbil, said the fire broke out in the sauna of the Hotel Capitol at 4pm on Friday afternoon. He said that 15 of the victims were identified as from the Philippines, three were Iraqis and one was Palestinian.
The victims died after becoming trapped in a room in the massage center, which firefighters on the scene said had taken them around an hour to enter because of the strength of blaze. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't allowed to speak to the press.
The cause of the fire is still unknown. There were no early indications that the incident was a terrorist attack. (ags)
