Officials: Gas tank explosion in northern Iraq kills 6

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Kurdish officials say a heating gas tank exploded in a residential complex in northern Iraq, killing six people. Reports said the explosion happened in the city of Sulimaniyah late on Thursday, It destroyed three homes and also injured 16 people. An unknown number were trapped under the rubble. Authorities said the explosion was caused by a liquid gas tank. Civil defense teams were combing through the rubble in search of survivors. The provincial governor said that a child was among the victims. The prime minister of the semi-autonomous Kurdish-controlled region in northern Iraq, ordered an investigation.