“A fire broke out Sunday afternoon at the Debaga refugee camp west of Erbil, resulting in the death of 2 and injuring of 7 internally displaced people (IDPs),” said Lieutenant Colonel Ayub Jawhar, Director of the Debaga Police Station.
Jawhar added that the wounded were rushed to Erbil hospitals for treatment.
“The dead and injured are all Arab nationals from Mosul’s Zahra district,” Jawhar detailed.
In the wake of the eruption of military clashes between ISIS and Iraqi army in Mosul, thousands of refugees have taken shelter in the Kurdistan Region’s refugee camps, including Khazir, Hassan Sham and Debaga.
According to officials, the number of IDPs at the Debaga camp has outnumbered the town’s population.
Debaga, a Kurdish town which is 30 kilometers away from Erbil, had a population of 2,500 people prior to welcoming displaced Iraqis who turned to the town after ISIS militants took control of parts of the region.
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