A wedding fire in Kuwait kills at least 41 women and children, toll could rise

August 18th, 2009 Death toll in Kuwait wedding fire rises to 45KUWAIT CITY — The death toll in a fire at a Kuwaiti wedding celebration has risen to 45 women and children, an official said Tuesday, as authorities questioned a suspect they say confessed to starting the blaze. Fire department chief Brig.

August 17th, 2009 Kuwait wedding tent fire claims 2 more livesKUWAIT CITY — The blaze that consumed a wedding tent in Kuwait and claimed 43 lives was a criminal act by a perpetrator motivated by personal reasons, a Kuwaiti spokesman said Monday. The Saturday night incident in the tribal area of al-Jahra, west of Kuwait City, has shocked this small oil-rich nation.

August 17th, 2009 Report: Groom's ex lit fire at Kuwait wedding tentKUWAIT CITY — Kuwaiti authorities have apprehended the person suspected of setting fire to a wedding tent and killing 41 people and said Monday the motive was personal. Local newspapers reported the groom's ex-wife was the arsonist.

August 16th, 2009 Kuwait wedding fire killed 41 in 3 minutesKUWAIT CITY — The fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait that killed 41 women and children consumed the structure in a blazing inferno lasting just three minutes, the fire department chief said Sunday. "It was a horrific scene with bodies and many shoes stuck to the ground at the only exit, they must have trampled over one another," said Brig.

August 16th, 2009 KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait was in shock and mourning Sunday, a day after a fire ravaged a wedding tent, killing over 40 women and children and injuring some 80. The official Kuwaiti News Agency KUNA put the death toll at 41, including 35 women and six children.

August 16th, 2009 Kuwait wedding fire killed 41 people in 3 minutesKUWAIT CITY — A fire that tore through a wedding tent outside Kuwait's capital killed 41 women and children in just three minutes, leaving behind shoes melted to the ground and bodies so blackened they were unrecognizable, the fire chief said Sunday. Guests likely crushed one another in a desperate attempt to flee through the only exit, he said.

August 16th, 2009 Kuwait begins identifying wedding fire victimsKUWAIT CITY — Kuwaiti authorities are running DNA tests to identify the 41 women and children killed in a wedding tent fire. Fire department chief Brig.

August 16th, 2009 KUWAIT CITY - At least 41 women and children were killed and dozens more injured in a fire that broke out Saturday night in a tent at a wedding in Kuwait, local media reports said. Many more were believed to have been killed in a stampede that followed the fire at the wedding in the Ayoun area of Jahra, west of Kuwait City, the Kuwait Times reported.

August 16th, 2009 KUWAIT CITY - The death toll in a fire that broke out during a wedding ceremony in Kuwait has risen to 44, al-Arabiya news channel reported Sunday. Some of the deaths were believed to have resulted because of a stampede that followed the fire in a women's tent at the wedding in the Ayoun area of Jahra, west of Kuwait City, Saturday night.

August 15th, 2009 Wedding fire in Kuwait kills at least 30 guestsKUWAIT CITY — A fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait has killed at least 30 women and children guests and injured 50 others, officials said. Interior Ministry spokesman Col.

August 1st, 2009 Building collapse in Pakistan's Karachi kills 16KARACHI, Pakistan — A five-story building collapsed in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least 16 people, mostly women and children, authorities said Saturday. Local Mayor Mohammad Dilawar, who was supervising the rescue work, said the building caved in late Friday in the congested downtown Lea Market neighborhood.

August 1st, 2009 Building collapse in Pakistan's Karachi kills 21KARACHI, Pakistan — A five-story building collapsed in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least 21 people, mostly women and children, authorities said Saturday. Local Mayor Mohammad Dilawar, who was supervising the rescue work, said the building caved in late Friday in the congested downtown Lea Market neighborhood.

June 13th, 2009 Death toll from Mexican day care fire rises to 46MEXICO CITY — A health official says the death toll from a day care center fire in northern Mexico has risen to 46 following the death of a toddler. Sonora state Health Secretary Raymundo Lopez Vocovich says the 3-year-old boy died Friday at a hospital in the central city of Guadalajara.

May 5th, 2009 8 suspects in Turkey wedding shooting detainedANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's Interior Minister Besir Atalay says security forces have detained eight people suspected of involvement in an attack on a wedding in southeastern Turkey. Atalay says the attack killed 44 people, correcting an earlier death toll of 45.

May 5th, 2009 Turkey: 8 suspects in wedding shooting detainedANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's Interior Minister Besir Atalay says security forces have detained eight people suspected of involvement in an attack on a wedding in southeastern Turkey. Atalay says the attack killed 44 people, correcting an earlier death toll of 45.