Civilians trapped in restaurant collapse in central Baghdad
Iraqi Civil Defense members and rubble of the collapsed building in Baghdad. Al-Arabiya image.
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Civil defense officials announced that a restaurant collapsed in central Baghdad on Sunday without specifying the reasons, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
INA indicated that there are people trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building without giving any additional details.
According to Al-Arabiya news, gas leakage led to an explosion inside the restaurant.
“Civil Defense teams proceeded with the rescue operations immediately after the building collapsed in Jadriya district near the Council of Ministers Complex in Baghdad,” the Civil Defense Department mentioned in a statement.
The statement confirmed that there are people trapped under the ruins of the building collapsed due to the explosion.
According to Russia Today news, paramedics and official security sources reported that three people were killed in the accident.
The sources added that rescuers recovered a second body from under the rubble, and a worker died of his wounds, raising the death toll to three people.
The sources also indicated that their work is ongoing to make sure there are no more dead bodies.