At least 41 people killed in fire in southern Kuwait

At least 41 people were killed in a building fire in the city of Mangaf in Kuwait’s southern Ahmadi Governorate, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said on Wednesday.

Major General Eid Rashed Hamad from Kuwait police, during a media interview with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information, said at least 15 of the injured were transferred to nearby hospitals for treatment, including four who were killed in the fire. The figures are not yet final.

According to state news agency KUNA, at least 43 people were hospitalized due to the fire.

The authorities said they had contained the fire and were investigating what caused it.

“We went to the site and the firefighting force controlled the fire, then the inspection began by an emergency team formed for such crises,” Major General Eid Al-Owaihan, the Director of (Forensic Evidence) said, according to a KUNA report quoting Kuwait TV.

Source: Arab News