Death toll in Kuwait wedding fire rises to 45; 6 people still in critical conditionAugust 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.
Reports allege groom's ex-wife lit fire in Kuwait wedding tent that killed 41 peopleAugust 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.
Kuwait's wedding tent disaster claims 2 more lives as papers speculate on cause of blazeAugust 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.
Death toll in Kuwait wedding fire rises to 44August 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.
Kuwait starts DNA tests to identify bodies of 41 women and children killed in wedding fireAugust 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.
A wedding fire in Kuwait kills at least 41 women and children, toll could riseAugust 16th, 2009 Wedding fire in Kuwait kills at least 41 guestsKUWAIT CITY — A fire at a wedding tent Saturday has killed at least 41 women and children guests and injured 76 others, authorities said. The official Kuwait News Agency quotes the fire department chief, Brig.
Fire that tore through Kuwait wedding tent killed 41 people in just 3 minutesAugust 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.
41 women, children killed in Kuwait fire: reportAugust 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.
Kuwait in mourning after wedding fire kills over 40 (Second Lead)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.
Kuwait wedding fire consumed the tent and killed 41 in just 3 minutes, says fire chiefAugust 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.
Building collapse in southern Pakistan city of Karachi kills 16, mainly women and childrenAugust 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.
Morning fire in northeastern Philadelphia row house kills woman and child, injures 5 othersJuly 25th, 2009 Morning fire in Philly row house kills 2, hurts 5PHILADELPHIA — A fire that ripped through a northeastern Philadelphia row house has killed a woman and a young boy and injured five other people, three of them critically. Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers called the Saturday morning fire 'horrific' and 'fast-moving.' He says the woman and child were trapped on the second floor of the Frankford neighborhood home and died despite efforts by firefighters to reach them in the flames.
Fire in London's tower block kills sixJuly 4th, 2009 LONDON - Six people, including three children, have died in a fire in a block of flats in London, the fire brigade said late Friday. Three children, one just three weeks old, were among the victims of the blaze in the 12-storey block on a housing estate in Camberwell, in south London.
Maine topless coffee shop destroyed by fire still shopless, but now serving coffee in tentJune 10th, 2009 Burned Maine topless coffee shop reopens in a tentVASSALBORO, Maine — A topless coffee shop in Maine is now shopless after a fire, but waitresses are serving coffee again. The Grand View Coffee Shop returned to business this week in a tent, but the waitresses are covering up.
Fire at Mexico day care centre kills 29 childrenJune 6th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - At least 29 children were killed Friday when a fire broke out at a day care centre in northwestern Mexican city of Hermosillo, officials said. The victims were aged three months to two years.
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