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Central bank fire put out, to resume work Tuesday

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Monday , 28 /01 /2008 Time 6:13:11



Baghdad, Jan 28, (VOI) – Iraqi civil defense teams managed to extinguish the fire that erupted earlier on Monday at Iraq's central bank building in Baghdad without any loss of life, a security official said.




"The fire that erupted at 1:00 a.m. on Monday was completely extinguished by the civil defense teams without any casualties, but caused material damage to the building," Qassem Atta, the official spokesman for the Fardh al-Qanoon security plan, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
Investigations were under way to detect causes of the fire, Atta said.
Meanwhile, a central bank source said the bank would resume work as of Tuesday.
Earlier on Monday an Iraqi police source said a fire broke out in the Iraqi central bank building in central Baghdad during the early hours of Monday, causing damage and material losses.
"The fire, which started in three floors of the Iraqi central bank building on al-Rasheed Street, central Baghdad, caused damage to the building and its content," the source told VOI.

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