Blaze severely injures mother, two children in Soran

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A fire in the Soran district of Erbil province on Friday injured four people, including two children and their mother who suffered severe burns.

“The cause of the incident was pouring oil into a lit heater. Unfortunately, in the incident, four members of one family were injured due to burns, and three of the members had severe burns - a mother and two children,” read a statement from Soran Civil Defence.

The injured were brought to Erbil for medical treatment.

Firefighting teams from Soran, Diana, and Rawanduz were able to extinguish the fire and bring the situation under control.

Fires are a frequent life-threatening hazard in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region where safety standards such as emergency exits and fire extinguishers or sprinkler systems are often lacking.