Fifteen people were killed in a gas cylinder explosion in a residential area in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya, the civil defense said on Friday.
A rescue operation lasting 17 hours had now ended, the civil defense added. Earlier on Friday, Haval Abubaker, the governor of Sulaimaniya province, announced three days of mourning.
Civil defense firefighters managed to contain the fire that broke out in a residential area after the gas cylinder exploded on Thursday. The fire damaged several houses and destroyed at least five vehicles, police said.—Reuters
