On 12th July 2021, a fire accident in a Coronavirus hospital in Iraq’s southern city of Nassiriya. It was likely to be negligence of the manager and works of the hospital which led to this. It seems there was an oxygen cylinder explosion that led to the death of at least 44 people; more than 67 people were injured in this tragic incident.
When rescuers went into the smoke-charred building to search for more bodies, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the Prime Minister, held an emergency meeting with the senior minister and ordered to suspend and arrest health and civil defense managers Nassiriya along with the suspension and arresting manager of the hospital.