By Xinhua,
Baghdad : A huge fire destroyed dozens of shops in the Shourja wholesale market in downtown Baghdad on Friday, an Interior Ministry source said.
The flames flared at about 1:00 a.m. on Friday (2200 GMT on Thursday) in a three-story building, in Baghdad’s oldest wholesale market of Shourja, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The building contains dozens of shops that sells cosmetics and perfumes, he said.
“It was not clear yet what caused the fire in the building, which named the al-Madinah al-Munawara,” the source said.
Dozens of fire engines rushed to the scene and fire was under control at about 8:00 a.m. (0500 GMT), the source added.
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