Shafaq News- Baghdad
Firefighters extinguished a blaze that swept through fivecaravans at a Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) facility in Baghdad, a securitysource told Shafaq News on Wednesday.
The fire broke out at a PMF base in al-Buaitha area ofBaghdad's al-Dora district, damaging vehicles belonging to the faction's 56thBrigade. No injuries were reported.
The PMF is a predominantly Shiite umbrella force which wasincorporated into Iraq's state security apparatus in 2016.
Preliminary information points to an electrical shortcircuit as the likely cause of the fire. A final determination is expectedfollowing the completion of a forensic investigation.