A building fire in Kuwait claimed the lives of over forty Indians; PM Modi offered the surviving relatives an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh.

A fire in a building housing workers in Mangaf, southern Kuwait, on Wednesday claimed the lives of at least 49 individuals, including numerous Indians. Major General Eid Rashed Hamad stated that the event happened at approximately 6:00 a.m. local time (0300 GMT). According to reports, the fire has been successfully suppressed, and the cause is being looked into by the authorities.

NEW DELHI: A destructive fire that started at daybreak at a building that housed about 195 migrant labourers in the Mangaf district of southern Kuwait left over 40 Indians dead and over 50 injured, according to officials on Wednesday.

 
forty-two Indian nationals made up 42 of the 49 fatalities that occurred in the Al-Mangaf building. People from Pakistan, the Philippines, Egypt, and Nepal were among the surviving victims.

In order to assess the situation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with S Jaishankar, the minister of external affairs, Ajit Doval, Vinay Kwatra, the foreign secretary, and PK Mishra, the principal secretary to the prime minister. Modi called the fire event "saddening."

According to an official statement, PM Modi conveyed his sincere regret for the "unfortunate incident" and offered his sympathies to the bereaved families. He said that the Prime Minister's Relief Fund will provide an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh to the families of the Indian nationals who had passed away.
As instructed by the prime minister, Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh is flying swiftly to Kuwait to supervise medical attention for injured Indians and to guarantee the timely return of the deceased victims' bodies.

PM Modi urged the government to provide all help and prayed for a quick recovery for those injured, according to the official statement.

 
We are saddened by the Kuwait City fire incident. My sympathies are with everyone who has lost a close family member. I hope for the quickest possible recovery for the injured. In order to help those impacted, the Indian Embassy in Kuwait is actively watching the situation and collaborating with local authorities," Prime Minister Modi stated on X (previously Twitter).