Three people were subjected to slight suffocation of a fire that broke out on Tuesday at Baghdad International Airport, an official announced, indicating that the navigation movement was not affected.
Video records circulated on social media showed the tongues of fire, which reached the roof of the facility near the entry offices at one of the passenger stations that were filled with smoke.
“The fire lasted a few minutes and caused three cases of minor suffocation and was addressed,” a civil defense official said in a statement to Agence France -Presse, asking not to be identified.
The official stressed that “the fire did not affect the air traffic. ”
The Iraqi News Agency reported the outbreak of “a fire inside a cafeteria in the departure hall at Baghdad International Airport.
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The conflict, neglect and corruption in oil -rich Iraq led to the deterioration of the country’s infrastructure.
Safety standards in the transport and construction sectors are often ignored, which leads to frequent accidents.
I have not undergone any major updates since its opening in the 1980s during the era of dictator Saddam Hussein.
Last month, a gas tank exploded, killing nine people and 13 injured, in an incident that the security forces described as an accident..
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