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Firemen try to put out a fire at Soma Hotel in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya
Friday, Jul. 16, 2010

Open quoteI saw three people jump from their floor to escape the fire, but they were killed when they hit the ground. Close quote

  • KAMERAN AHMED,
  • a shopkeeper who witnessed a fire in the Soma Hotel in northern Iraq late Thursday that has killed 29 and left 40 wounded. The blaze took seven hours to put out. There has been no evidence of terrorism
Photo: Sherko Raouf / Reuters | Source: BBC