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Electrical short sparks fire at Iraqi PMF base

Shafaq News 2026/06/24 09:34

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.

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