Iraq Power Outage

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ Electricity is out across a wide region of Iraq after a fire broke out in a power plant north of Baghdad.

The capital went dark in the late afternoon, and power was still out three hours later. The only lights are in the Green Zone and the few other place with their own generators.

Witnesses in several other parts of the country -- including Basra to the south and Najaf to the southwest -- also are reporting blackouts.

Iraq's prime minister says the fire was apparently an accident. But he also tells a T-V call-in show that militants have been attacking Iraq's infrastructure and other targets that only hurt civilians.

He reports the fire has been put out, and power is gradually being restored



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