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Dozens die in Kuwait wedding fire | Dozens die in Kuwait wedding fire |
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Kuwait's interior ministry says 36 people died when a fire broke out in a tent being used by women and children at a wedding near Kuwait City. | |
The fire began late on Saturday evening while the guests were celebrating the marriage at a party in the al-Jahra area, west of the capital. | |
Up to 60 women and children were also injured, many in a stampede that followed the blaze, officials said. | |
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. An investigation has begun. | The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. An investigation has begun. |
'Packed with people' | 'Packed with people' |
Four teams of fire-fighters were dispatched to the scene, as well as a large number of ambulances needed to take the injured to hospital. | Four teams of fire-fighters were dispatched to the scene, as well as a large number of ambulances needed to take the injured to hospital. |
Officials said the authorities had had difficulty evacuating the injured because of the large numbers of anxious relatives at the scene. | |
In an interview with BBC Arabic, a Kuwaiti interior ministry spokesman said that 36 people had died. | |
Kuwait's state news agency Kuna had earlier quoted the director-general of the country's Fire General Directorate, Maj-Gen Jassem al-Mansouri, as saying that 41 bodies had been recovered from the tent. | |
Wedding celebrations in the conservative Gulf state are held separately for men and women. | |
Children attend the women's party. | |
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