Baghdad, 09 Dec (HS): At least 14 people died while 18 other studends were injured in a blaze that engulfed a university hostel in Soren city of Erbil province of Kurdistan in Iraq.

Al Zajeera channel reported that the fire broke out on the third floor of the building and spread over the fourth and fifth floors. A short circuit is suspected to be the cause of the fire.

Hindusthan Samachar/ Ajay Mardikar/ Mukund/Manoj