🇮🇶💥 EXPLOSION AT PMF FACILITY IN BAGHDAD – Fire Under Control, Five Minor Injuries

An explosion rocked eastern Baghdad near a Popular Mobilisation Forces base on October 17 – sending up secondary blasts and drawing emergency response during the OIC foreign ministers meeting in the capital.

🚒 PMF statement: The explosion occurred at a storage site containing damaged equipment inside one of its headquarters east of the canal.

🩹 Casualties: Five PMF members sustained minor injuries. No deaths reported.

✅ The fire has been brought under control, and specialized committees have opened an investigation.

🏛️ The blast occurred while Baghdad was hosting an OIC foreign ministers meeting — a sensitive diplomatic moment.

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