2024 Mangaf Building Fire

When

12 Jun 2024

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

29.10° N, 48.13° E

Description

Fire at a residential building in Kuwait

Deaths

50

Injured

56

2024 residential building fire in Kuwait

On 12 June 2024, an early-morning fire broke out at a residential building in Mangaf in Kuwait's Ahmadi Governorate housing 196 male migrant workers of NBTC Group, killing 50 migrant workers, at least 46 of whom were from India, and injuring around 50 others. Most victims died of smoke inhalation, while others were fatally injured from falling. The building's owner was arrested in the wake of the fire.

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