Death toll in Kuwait fire climbs to 49

World 21:30 12.06.2024

At least 49 people were killed when a major blaze ripped through a residential building housing foreign workers in Kuwait, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday, Ednews informs via foreign media.

"The number of deaths as a result of the fire in the workers' building in the Mangaf area has risen to 49," the ministry said.

Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah had earlier put the toll as 41 and ordered the arrest of the building’s owner during a visit to the site, local media reported.

"We will address the issue of labor overcrowding," he said. "I’m now going to see what violations were committed here and I will deal with the owner of the property."

IEPF issued a statement regarding Azerbaijani children at the UN Human Rights Council

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