14 dead in building fire in Iraq's Erbil province

Xinhua reported citing the Soran Health Department statement on Friday that "the fire first broke out on the third and fourth floors, which were inhabited by university students and teachers, and then spread to the entire five-story building."

The statement pointed out that preliminary investigation indicated that the fire was caused by an electrical short circuit.

Civil defense teams and firefighters have extinguished the fire, it added.

AMK/PR