Kuwait building fire: The fire erupted in a kitchen in the six-storey structure, authorities said, adding the building allegedly had over 160 people living in it
New Delhi: In Kuwait's Mangaf city, a building housing workers caught fire, killing 49 people, including forty Indians. At six a.m. local time (9 a.m. IST), the event occurred. More than 40 individuals, according to Kuwaiti authorities, have been hospitalized.
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According to authorities, the six-story building's kitchen caught fire. Approximately 160 employees of the same firm resided in the building. According to eyewitnesses, a few individuals died as they leaped from the building's fifth story to escape the flames.
In a post on X, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his sympathies to the families of the fire victims. "It is tragic that Kuwait City had a fire. All of the people who have lost loved ones are in my thoughts and prayers. I hope the wounded people get well as soon as possible. In order to help those impacted, the Indian Embassy in Kuwait is carefully observing the situation and collaborating with local authorities," he said. The tragedy is the subject of a high-level meeting being held at the Prime Minister's house.
The Indian envoy has visited the scene of the tragedy, according to Foreign Minister S Jaishankar. "I was really horrified to learn about the Kuwait City fire catastrophe. nearly 40 people have allegedly died and nearly 50 have been admitted to hospitals. Our envoy has left for the camp. We're waiting on further details," Mr. S. Jaishankar said.
The Indian embassy in Kuwait has said that it would provide all support and has established a hotline number in response to the fire disaster that affected several Indian workers. +965-65505246 is the emergency hotline number.
More than thirty Indian laborers injured in a fire have been taken to hospitals, according to Adarsh Swaika, the Indian ambassador to Kuwait, on his X account. "Ambassador Adarsh Swaika visited the Al-Adan hospital, where more than thirty Indian workers who were hurt in today's fire event were hospitalized. He spoke with a number of patients and gave them the assurance that the embassy will provide them with full support. Hospital officials say that almost all of them are stable," the Indian Embassy in Kuwait said in the statement.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), junior foreign minister Kirti Vardhan Singh would go to Kuwait to assist Indians hurt in the fire. "As directed by PM Narendra Modi, MoS for External Affairs KV Singh is urgently travelling to Kuwait that would manage assistance to those injured in the fire tragedy and to coordinate alongside local authorities for early repatriation of mortal remains of the individuals who have died in this unfortunate incident," a spokesperson said.
Meeting the patients, the ambassador gave them the assurance that the Embassy will be there for them. Indians make up 30% of Kuwait's labor force (about 9 lakh) and 21% of the country's overall population (1 million).
"Workers, many of whom were housed in the building where the fire broke out, were employed there. Although many people died from smoke inhalation from the fire, dozens of others were saved, a senior police official told news agency Reuters.
He said, "We always alert and warn against" packing too many workers into housing units, but he omitted to mention the nature of the jobs or the workers' country of origin. Authorities were examining the cause of the fire, which had been controlled.
According to Al Jazeera, Sheikh Fahad al-Yousuf al-Sabah, the deputy prime minister, visited the location and gave the building's owner an arrest warrant. "Sadly, these issues stem from the greed of real estate developers," Sheikh Fahad, who also oversees the defense and interior ministries, said.
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