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Horrifying footage shows fire ripping through a huge shopping district in Baghdad following an ISIS suicide bomb attack.

The shocking video shows Iraqi civilians watching helplessly as innocent people burn alive in the deadly blaze.

A man films the blaze from the balcony of a nearby building
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A man films the blaze from the balcony of a nearby building
People watch in horror as the fire rips through the buildings with helpless victims trapped inside
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People watch in horror as the fire rips through the buildings with helpless victims trapped inside

Terror group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the atrocity which has so far claimed the lives of 150 people and wounding 200 more.

The senseless attack was carried out on Saturday evening when a refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up in the crowded Karrada area of Baghdad.

Brain-washed suicide bombers deliberately set off the explosives when people were out celebrating the holy month of Ramadan.

Thirty-five people are still reported missing following the tragic assault.

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The Karrada attack is one of the single biggest bombings in Iraqi history.

There was another explosion on the same night, when a roadside bomb blew up in the popular market of al-Shaab, a Shi'ite district in north Baghdad, killing two people.

Over the past year, Iraqi forces have racked up territorial gains against ISIS, retaking the city of Ramadi and the towns of Hit and Rutba, all in Iraq’s vast Anbar province west of Baghdad.

But despite the government’s battlefield victories, ISIS has repeatedly shown it remains capable of launching attacks far from the front-lines.

People gather outside the damaged buildings as 35 people are still missing
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People gather outside the damaged buildings as 35 people are still missingCredit: Getty Images
A lone Iraqi woman walks past one of the buildings which was destroyed in the attack
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A lone Iraqi woman walks past one of the buildings which was destroyed in the attackCredit: Getty Images
A close up picture shows the devastating damage caused by the suicide bomb
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A close up picture shows the devastating damage caused by the suicide bombCredit: Getty Images
An Iraqi policeman searches for bodies in the building
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An Iraqi policeman searches for bodies in the buildingCredit: Getty Images
An Iraqi man joins the morbid search for the bodies
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An Iraqi man joins the morbid search for the bodiesCredit: Getty Images
Emergency services and people gather outside the area torn apart by the bomb attack and the subsequent fire
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Emergency services and people gather outside the area torn apart by the bomb attack and the subsequent fireCredit: Reuters

ISIS still controls Iraq's second largest city of Mosul as well as significant patches of territory in the country's north and west.

At the height of the extremist group's power in 2014, ISIS rendered nearly a third of the country out of government control. Now, the militants are estimated to control only 14 percent of Iraqi territory, the government claims.

The attacks also come just a day after ISIS jihadis killed at least 20 foreigners at a restaurant in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The militants, most of whom were killed in an ensuing police raid, stabbed to death hostages who could not recite verses from the Koran, it was claimed.

A woman cries as she struggles to come to terms with the senseless killing
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A woman cries as she struggles to come to terms with the senseless killingCredit: Getty Images
Two man carry a body through the streets the morning after the attack
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Two man carry a body through the streets the morning after the attackCredit: Getty Images
Two mourners unite in grief
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Two mourners unite in griefCredit: Getty Images
The attack is one of the biggest bombings in Iraq's history
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The attack is one of the biggest bombings in Iraq's historyCredit: Reuters
A woman whose apartment was destroyed cries in the street
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A woman whose apartment was destroyed cries in the streetCredit: Getty Images
People light candles in remembrance of those killed in the attack
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People light candles in remembrance of those killed in the attackCredit: AP:Associated Press
At least 79 people were killed when the car bomb destroyed a popular market
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At least 79 people were killed when the car bomb destroyed a popular marketCredit: Reuters
The group detonated a refrigerator truck at the busy mall, killing at least 125
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The group detonated a refrigerator truck at the busy mall, killing at least 125Credit: Reuters

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