Minister of State of the Foreign Ministery Kirti Vardhan Singh arrived in Kuwait on Thursday and met the hospitalised Indians who were injured by the fire at a residential building in Mangaf city.
MoS Singh met the injured Indian citizens at the Jaber and Al Kabeer hospitals. The Indian Embassy in Kuwait has said that all the Indians who managed to escape the fire are “safe.”
The fire at the residential building that housed many foreign workers killed over 40 Indians. Twenty-five of the victims were from Kerala prompting the state government to take swift action. The Government of Kerala held an immediate cabinet meeting while the state’s health minister Veena George was sent to Kuwait to assess the situation.
The Indian government is trying to identify the bodies, some of which were charred beyond recognition, and once the identification process is completed, the bodies will be brought back to India via an Indian Air Force plane.
Kuwait launches probe
Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Wednesday ordered an immediate probe into the accident and vowed to punish those responsible for the fire.
While there is no official word on what caused the fire, Kuwait’s public prosecutor has begun its investigation into the matter.
Some locals have said that a gas leak might have caused the fire.
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MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh meets Indians injured in Kuwait fire, assures support from govt
