Kuwait fire: Malayali organisations offer aid to fire victims
Malayali organisations in Kuwait are providing aid to victims of a devastating fire that killed over 40 people, primarily Indians. The fire occurred in a six-story apartment building functioning as a labor camp, with many victims suffering from suffocation. Various community groups, including the Kerala Muslim Cultural Committee, are mobilizing to assist the affected families and facilitate the repatriation of bodies.
- ▪The fire at a labor camp in Manqaf, Kuwait, resulted in the deaths of more than 40 individuals.
- ▪Victims were taken to several hospitals, with many reportedly dying from suffocation.
- ▪Malayali organisations are actively offering support and assistance to the victims' families.
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Leaders and volunteers of different Malayali organisations in Kuwait, particularly the Kerala Muslim Cultural Committee (KMCC), were at the forefront to offer solace and aid to the relatives and friends of the victims of a massive fire at Manqaf in Kuwait on Wednesday.More than 40 people, most of them Indians, were killed when a six-story apartment building that functioned as a labour camp caught fire at 4 a.m. As many as 21 bodies were shifted to the mortuary at Adan Hospital, said KMCC Kuwait unit president Syed Nasar Al Mashoor Thangal.Also read: Track Kuwait fire LIVE updates hereMr. Thangal told The Hindu that their volunteers were ready to offer any help to the victims and their friends and relatives. “Our men are there at all hospitals offering all kinds of help.
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