Young Syrian woman dies in Erbil fire
ERBIL, KURDISTAN - A Syrian woman died on Saturday after a fire tore through her apartment in a well-known residential building in Erbil.
Bushra Sayuh, the 32-year-old woman and a mother of two, was originally from Baniyas, a city in northwestern Syria.
A civil defense team extinguished the fire and evacuated those still inside the building, while providing oxygen to those facing difficulties breathing. Residents of the building were seen hurrying outside with some carrying their children in their arms.
"A young woman from Syria, an employee of the Narnj Restaurant, passed away and her body is upstairs," Erbil mayor Nabaz Abdulhamid told Rudaw's Bahroz Faraidun on Saturday.
The tragedy occurred at MRF 5 complex, a modern apartment building in the Kurdish capital. In December 2019, a fire in the same residential complex took the life of one man.
At the time, residents of the building had complained that the building lacks any fire safety measures, equipment, and trained staff. They also signed a petition for fire alarms to be installed and for inspections to be conducted.
The cause of the fire remains unknown.
Bushra Sayuh, the 32-year-old woman and a mother of two, was originally from Baniyas, a city in northwestern Syria.
A civil defense team extinguished the fire and evacuated those still inside the building, while providing oxygen to those facing difficulties breathing. Residents of the building were seen hurrying outside with some carrying their children in their arms.
"A young woman from Syria, an employee of the Narnj Restaurant, passed away and her body is upstairs," Erbil mayor Nabaz Abdulhamid told Rudaw's Bahroz Faraidun on Saturday.
The tragedy occurred at MRF 5 complex, a modern apartment building in the Kurdish capital. In December 2019, a fire in the same residential complex took the life of one man.
At the time, residents of the building had complained that the building lacks any fire safety measures, equipment, and trained staff. They also signed a petition for fire alarms to be installed and for inspections to be conducted.
The cause of the fire remains unknown.