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Weapons storage blast fires off bombs on Baghdad, causing casualties

The fire at a weapons storage occurred in the Shi'ite neighbourhood Obaidi

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Weapons storage blast fires off bombs on Baghdad, causing casualties
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 A blast caused by a fire at a weapons storage in eastern Baghdad on Friday set off rockets that hit neighbouring districts, causing casualties among residents, a police officer said.

The storage belongs to one of the Shi'ite paramilitary groups of the Popular Mobilisation Force that is taking part in fighting the hardline Sunni Islamic State, the spokesman said.

Several explosions were heard by residents in the capital, and a column of smoke billowed over Obaidi, a Shi'ite neighbourhood where the storage is located.

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