(NPR) 'Volcanoes Of Fire': Death Toll At Baghdad Hospital Surpasses 80

'Volcanoes Of Fire': Death Toll At Baghdad Hospital Surpasses 80



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'Volcanoes Of Fire': Death Toll At Baghdad Hospital Surpasses 80







Mourners at the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, pray Sunday near the coffins of coronavirus patients who were killed in a hospital fire in Baghdad.



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'Volcanoes Of Fire': Death Toll At Baghdad Hospital Surpasses 80



The fire at a hospital for coronavirus patients also injured more than 100 people. Anxious families searched for missing relatives and the government suspended health officials for alleged negligence.