Kuwait fire kills 41

Mandilulur
By Mandilulur

KUWAIT CITY - A fire at a wedding tent Saturday has killed at least 41 women and children and injured 76 others, authorities said.
The official Kuwait News Agency quotes the fire department chief, Brig. Gen. Jassem al-Mansouri, as saying 41 bodies have been recovered from the scene in Jahra, a tribal area west of Kuwait City. KUNA said 76 people have been hospitalized with burns.
Interior Ministry spokesman Col. Mohammed al-Saber said the cause of the fire has not been determined and authorities were having difficulty evacuating the injured because of relatives and onlookers flooding the scene.
He said Kuwait Army ambulances helped transport the injured to the country's hospitals.
Wedding parties in this conservative oil-rich country are held separately for men and women. Children attend the women's party.
Al-Mansouri said holding such parties in tents could be banned after Saturday's fire.

This is just terrible!
Mandi

By drsam• 17 Aug 2009 18:06
drsam

if against the ex-husband why she didn't burn men's tent! she can't go in, pour oil on the outside!

i bet the new bride is prettier than her!

is she still alive?

Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.

By nicaq25• 17 Aug 2009 17:32
Rating: 4/5
nicaq25

The ex-wife of the groom at a Kuwait wedding where a raging fire killed 43 women and children has confessed to starting the blaze as an act of revenge, local newspapers reported on Monday.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/565109-ex-wife-confesses-to-starting-tragic-kuwait-fire

By ummjake• 17 Aug 2009 12:57
ummjake

"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."

-- Maya Angelou

By drsam• 17 Aug 2009 12:17
drsam

the whole 12 m structure to burn in 3 minutes, there's probably a fire accelerator agent. he survivor smelled an oil/petrol odor prior to the incident? anyway the investigation can pretty easily know. too bad for the victims.getting more and more interesting if it was to be a criminal case and not an incident. deceived lover? bride dead/alive?

Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.

By kimd• 17 Aug 2009 08:44
kimd

A report from the Gulfnews in UAE suggests the fire was started deliberately.

http://www.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/kuwait/10340811.html

May your dreams take you travelling all through your life.

By britexpat• 16 Aug 2009 14:25
britexpat

A terible tragedy. May they rest in peace. it should act as a warning to us all. We should all be more careful and vigilant when holding such get togethers.

By kumaran_63• 16 Aug 2009 14:23
kumaran_63

OMG,

This is very terrific shocking news to one and all.To build a building here howmuch safety measures were followed and adopted,Then why this was not follwed in marriage tents.How much pain that vitims will faced during their burning death.

May their soul will take rest in peace.

By Winn• 16 Aug 2009 13:42
Winn

A 3 minute fire?or was it a blast followed by a fire?

Whatever it was...feels horrible..!

By anonymous• 16 Aug 2009 13:28
anonymous

and proves that we don't own our lives. May all departed rest in peace and God/Allah give strength to those left behind and those in suffering due to the incident!

"Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship"

By SHAJIV• 16 Aug 2009 13:15
SHAJIV

Happy occasion turn out be a nightmare. Tents must be fireproof and emergency exit also provided.

By SPEED• 16 Aug 2009 13:14
SPEED

tragedy.

By Bahraini83• 16 Aug 2009 13:07
Bahraini83

very sad :(

have read about it in a Kuwaiti newspaper .. that said "some children were found burned in mother's laps" .. and its suspected that it electricity was the cause

may their souls rest in eternal peace

By KHATTAK• 16 Aug 2009 13:04
KHATTAK

...really sad...heard the news on radio a this morning....they say the death toll may rise.

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By ummjake• 16 Aug 2009 12:59
Rating: 5/5
ummjake

The fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait that killed 41 women and children consumed the structure in a blazing inferno lasting just three minutes, the fire department chief said Sunday.

"It was a horrific scene with bodies and many shoes stuck to the ground at the only exit, they must have trampled over one another," said Brig. Gen. Jassem al-Mansouri, the day after the disaster.

He said Kuwaiti authorities were running DNA tests to identify the 35 women and six children killed in the fire, which left many victims unrecognizable....

Al-Mansouri said 58 injured were still in hospitals, seven in serious condition with severe burns.

Events in tents should be licensed so that authorities approve the type of tent set up and ensure it has the necessary safety features, said the chief, adding that Saturday's event was not licensed.

The upholstery and the stuffing of the chairs used was also highly flammable, said al-Mansouri.

There has been talk of banning wedding tents altogether, though the structures are also used for election campaigns.

It was not clear if the bride survived or how many were in the tent when it caught fire. Al-Mansouri said the structure was 13 yards (12 meters) long and could have housed up to 180 people.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090816/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_kuwait_wedding_fire

One can only hope that most of them died quickly.

"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."

-- Maya Angelou

By Formatted Soul• 16 Aug 2009 12:41
Rating: 2/5
Formatted Soul

OMG..How sad! ...these ladies and children might have left their house with so much joy.....and see what happened after some time...

Life is so unpredictable...

May their should rest in peace...

By drsam• 16 Aug 2009 12:39
drsam

what is the main cause of death? it's a tent for god sake!

smoke asphyxiation? desorientation? door was blocked? any fire accelerators? rush panic and stepping over one another? pyrotechnician fireworks?

surely not fire related burns can account for this huge fatalities. more investigations.

Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.

By Rizks• 16 Aug 2009 12:33
Rating: 3/5
Rizks

SO SAD !!

Even here i find locals celebrating in this kinda Tents without taking any precautions or Safety Measures.

Hope the authorities take necessary action after this incident.

May Almighty Allah bless who lost their lives and also give strength to the relative who lost their lives.

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