Indian families mourn 45 Kuwait fire victims

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 15, 2024 12:12 am

KOCHI, India — Devastated families kept a solemn vigil in the terminal of an Indian airport Friday as the bodies of dozens of migrant workers killed in a Kuwait building fire returned home.

Wednesday's dawn blaze quickly engulfed a housing block home to some of the many foreign laborers servicing the oil-rich gulf state's economy.

DEADLY BLAZE Kuwaiti security forces gather outside a building engulfed by fire in Kuwait City on June 12, 2024. AFP photo

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