A massive fire in a hypermarket in al-Kut city in Iraq killed least 60 people while 11 are missing on Thursday.
The viral videos of the incident showed the five-storey building on fire in al-Kut overnight as firefighters tried to contain the flames.
The cause of the fire remains unknown. However, the province's governor said initial results from an investigation would be announced within 48 hours, INA reported.
"We have compiled a list of 59 victims whose identities have been confirmed, but one body was so badly burned that it has been extremely difficult to identify," a city health official told Reuters.
"We have more bodies that have not been recovered still under fire debris," Reuters quotes city official Ali al-Mayahi.
"We have filed lawsuits against the owner of the building and the mall," INA quoted the governor as saying.
