At least four people have died and 27 have been injured by an explosion that occurred this Tuesday in a student residence in the city of Duhok, located in the autonomous region of Kurdistan, in the north of the country, reported the Directorate of Civil Defense of the Governorate. Local.
وێنەی ئەو باڵەخانەیەی دهۆک کە تەقینەوەکە تێیدا روویدا؛ تاوەکو ئێستا چوار کەس گیانیان لەدەستداوە. زیان بەر چەند ئۆتۆمبێلێکیش گەیشتووە.وێنە: شپرزە ئیکمالی – رووداو pic.twitter.com/G3Dsek6Nr3
— Rudaw (@Rudawkurdish) November 21, 2022
Two officers of the security forces are among the fatalities, according to local media.
#بەپەلە وەزارەتی تەندروستی قوربانییانی تەقینەوەی تانکییە غازەکەی دهۆکی بڵاوکردەوە و: چوار کەس گیانیان. pic.twitter.com/veJdAUappQ
— Rudaw (@Rudawkurdish) November 21, 2022
It is specified that the deflagration was due to a gas leak in one of the pipes in the student dormitories. The accident, which occurred days after another similar one, led the local authorities to suspend the use of gas systems
ئەو تانکی لە دهۆک تەقییەوە چەند خولەکێک پێش ئەوە کە غازێکی زۆری لێ دەچێت دەچێت pic.twitter.com/ImBHu7FjPf
— Rudaw (@Rudawkurdish) November 21, 2022
Source: RT