2024 Kuwait Mangaf building fire: Kuwait said it has identified the bodies of 45 Indians and 3 Filipino nationals killed in the Mangaf building fire.
Kuwaiti authorities said they have identified the bodies of 45 Indians and three Filipino nationals killed in the devastating fire in a building housing foreign workers in southern Kuwait. At least 49 migrant workers were killed and 50 others injured in the blaze.A special Indian Air Force aircraft, C-130J, carrying mortal remains of 45 Indian victims in the fire incident in Kuwait's Mangaf, took off for Kochi early Friday morning. Minister of state for external affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh, who reached Kuwait on Friday morning and coordinated with Kuwait authorities have done quick repatriation is also onboard the aircraft, the Indian embassy said.
Earlier, an official from the department of Non-Resident Keralites' Affairs (NORKA) unofficially said, according to information provided by its help desk in Kuwait, 24 Keralites died in fire. Of these, 22 have been identified, he said. Previously, quoting information provided by Tamil associations based abroad, Tamil Nadu minister for minorities welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Gingee KS Masthan had told reporters that five persons from the state were killed.
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