Fire tears through IDP camp in Duhok

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A fire swept through a displacement camp housing Yazidis in Duhok on Sunday, destroying several tents without causing casualties, an official told Rudaw.

Caused by an electrical short circuit, a fire tore through Khanke camp at around 5:00 am in the morning, head of the camp Pir Alo told Rudaw's Hunar Rasheed, causing material damage. 

Initial reports said at least eight tents were burned inside the camp, but Alo confirmed to Rudaw that seven camps were destroyed in the fire. 

The blaze did not cause any casualties or injuries. 

Khanke camp is home to over 14,000 Yazidis who continue to live in displacement after they fled their homes in Shingal when the Islamic State (ISIS) attacked the area in 2014.

Fires and floods pose a constant hazard to many displacement camps in the Kurdistan Region.

An overnight fire at another Yazidi displacement camp led to the death of one person and the injury of two others in April.