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A massive fire engulfed an entire shopping mall in Iraq, resulting in severe casualties.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The blaze, whose cause remains unknown, broke out at the\u00a0Hyper Mall<\/strong>\u00a0in the city of<\/p>\n al-Kut<\/strong>, Iraq, and quickly consumed the entire building.<\/p>\n The fire at the Hyper Mall in al-Kut, eastern Iraq, claimed at least\u00a061 lives<\/strong>, according to\u00a0Wasit Governor Mohammed al-Miyahi<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n , who spoke to Iraq\u2019s\u00a0INA news agency<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The blaze erupted late in the evening. According to\u00a0News Arena India<\/strong>, the fire is believed to have originated on the first floor of the shopping center. Initial reports suggest an<\/p>\n electrical malfunction<\/strong>\u00a0as the possible cause, though officials have yet to release an official statement.<\/p>\n Local reports indicated that the mall had only been\u00a0open for five days<\/strong>\u00a0before the tragedy occurred.<\/p>\n Eyewitnesses at the scene said that\u00a0as of 4 a.m.<\/strong>, ambulances were still transporting the injured and deceased.<\/p>\n Throughout the day, rescue teams continued to recover bodies from the smoldering wreckage.<\/p>\n The wounded were being treated at a hospital in al-Kut, located about\u00a0160 kilometers southeast of Baghdad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have filed a lawsuit against the owner of the building and the shopping mall,\u201d Governor al-Miyahi added, noting that<\/p>\n a preliminary investigation report<\/strong>\u00a0will be released within\u00a048 hours<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Governor al-Miyahi also announced\u00a0a three-day mourning period<\/strong>\u00a0across the province.<\/p>\n An investigation has been launched to determine whether the newly constructed building<\/p>\n complied with fire safety regulations<\/strong>, as serious concerns have been raised over the adequacy of\u00a0emergency exits<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0firefighting systems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The tragedy has sparked\u00a0widespread outrage<\/strong>\u00a0throughout Iraq, with many calling for<\/p>\n stricter oversight<\/strong>\u00a0of private commercial development projects\u2014especially those serving\u00a0large public crowds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Dick Van Dyke Serenades Crowd at Bernie Sanders Rally After Endorsing the Presidential Hopeful Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke gave Bernie Sanders supporters in Los Angeles a moment to remember when he broke into song at a campaign rally for the Vermont senator.<\/p>\n The 94-year-old actor took the stage at the LA Convention Center, delighting the crowd with a playful rendition of \u201cWe Love You Conrad\u201d from Bye Bye Birdie, reworked into a heartfelt tribute: \u201cWe love you, Bernie, yes we do. We love you, Bernie, and we\u2019ll be true. When you\u2019re not near us, we\u2019re blue. Oh Bernie, we love you.\u201d<\/p>\n The audience roared with applause as Van Dyke grinned from behind the podium, later joking about the attention\u2026<\/p>\n Dick Van Dyke Serenades Crowd at Bernie Sanders Rally After Endorsing the Presidential Hopeful Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke gave Bernie Sanders supporters in Los Angeles a moment to remember when he broke into song at a campaign rally for the Vermont senator.<\/p>\n The 94-year-old actor took the stage at the LA Convention Center, delighting the crowd with a playful rendition of \u201cWe Love You Conrad\u201d from Bye Bye Birdie, reworked into a heartfelt tribute: \u201cWe love you, Bernie, yes we do. We love you, Bernie, and we\u2019ll be true. When you\u2019re not near us, we\u2019re blue. Oh Bernie, we love you.\u201d<\/p>\n The audience roared with applause as Van Dyke grinned from behind the podium, later joking about the attention on Sanders\u2019 age. Introducing himself as \u201cwhat\u2019s left of Dick Van Dyke,\u201d he quipped, \u201cI\u2019m 15 years older than Bernie!\u201d Van Dyke praised Sanders as a lifelong patriot rather than a career politician, saying:<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s never been \u2014 to me \u2014 a career politician. He\u2019s just a patriot who worked as hard as he could.\u201d Winning Over the Crowd Social media lit up with reactions to the impromptu performance. One attendee tweeted that the Mary Poppins star \u201cjust charmed the pants off 35,000 people.\u201d Another wrote: \u201cDick Van Dyke absolutely crushed it. What an incredible moment to see this 94-year-old genius LIVE!\u201d<\/p>\n A Formal Endorsement The rally appearance came just days after Van Dyke formally endorsed Sanders in a campaign video. In it, he urged older voters to support the senator, dismissing concerns about age.<\/p>\n \u201cI know I\u2019m 20 years older than Bernie. I have all my marbles! I could run for office if I wanted to,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I don\u2019t think age really matters, except for his experience and the years he\u2019s put in.\u201d Calling the 2020 race \u201cthe most important election since the end of World War II,\u201d Van Dyke argued Sanders\u2019 consistency and honesty make him the right candidate. \u201cAnother four years of the current administration and we won\u2019t have democracy anymore,\u201d he warned. With his humor, warmth, and heartfelt plea, Van Dyke reminded the audience that even at 94, he still knows how to steal the spotlight \u2014 and rally a crowd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A massive fire engulfed an entire shopping mall in Iraq, resulting in severe casualties. \u00a0The blaze, whose cause remains unknown, broke out at the\u00a0Hyper Mall\u00a0in the city of al-Kut, Iraq, and quickly…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n