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Irbil hotel fire leaves 17 dead - Gov.

IRBIL, Feb 5 (KUNA) -- Seventeen people were announced dead after a fire broke out at a hotel central Irbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, the city governor said Friday.
Fourteen of the casualties are foreigners and three others are locals, Nawzad Hadi, governor of Irbil, told reporters.
Cause of the fire is still unknown and investigation is underway, he noted. (end) sbr.hb