Fire at Iraqi COVID-19 hospital kills dozens

Dozens of people died and scores were injured at a fire at a COVID-19 hospital in Iraq's southern city of Nassiriya. People sit near a coffin with a body bag containing the remains of a victim after a fire broke out at al-Hussain COVID-19 hospital in Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

Anguished relatives buried their loved ones and lash out at the government over the country's second such disaster in less than three months.

People inspect the damage after the fire, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

A man inspects the damage at the coronavirus hospital after it was ravaged in a fire, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

A bed and a wheelchair are seen in the aftermath of the fire, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

A general view of the damaged al-Hussain coronavirus hospital after a fire broke out late Monday, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

People inspect the damage caused by the fire at the hospital, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

A man stands next to a hospital bed as he looks at the damage after the fire, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

People inspect the damage at the al-Hussain COVID-19 hospital, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

People gather as they inspect the damage at the hospital, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

Mourners ride on a pickup truck loaded with the coffins of victims killed in the fire, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

Mourners carry the coffin of a victim, who was killed during a fire, during a funeral in Najaf, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

A man reacts as people inspect the damage after the fire broke out, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

Men carry stretchers with body bags containing the remains of victims after the fire, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

A man stares into the distance as he sits amid the devastated al-Hussain coronavirus hospital, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

Police officers look on near a row of body bags containing the remains of victims, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.

People inspect the damage after a fire broke out at al-Hussain coronavirus hospital, Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021.