Kuwait fire incident: Bodies of Indians killed charred beyond recognition, DNA tests underway

Jun 13, 2024, at 04:13 pm

New Delhi/Kuwait City/IBNS: The bodies of Indians killed in the Kuwait fire are charred beyond recognition so DNA tests are underway for their identification, said Minister of State for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh.

Kuwait building fire kills 40 Indian nationals, PM Modi holds high-level meeting

Jun 13, 2024, at 04:11 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Forty Indians were among 49 killed after a fire broke out in a building housing workers in Kuwait's Mangaf city on Wednesday, media reports said.

'Deeply shocked, will render fullest assistance': S Jaishankar on Kuwait building fire that killed 40 Indians

Jun 13, 2024, at 02:24 am

New Delhi/IBNS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Wednesday said he is "deeply shocked" by news of 40 Indians being killed in the fire that broke at a six-floor building in Kuwait's Mangaf city at 6 am local time (9 am IST).

2 dead, 5 injured as fire massive fire breaks out at residential building in Mumbai's Kandivali

Oct 24, 2023, at 03:19 am

Mumbai/IBNS/UNI: Two people, including an 8-year-old minor boy, died and 5 others were injured after a massive fire broke out at the Pavan Dham Veena Santur residential Building in the Kandivali West area of Mumbai's suburb.

14 dead in massive fire at muti-storey building in Jharkhand's Dhanbad, many injured

Feb 01, 2023, at 05:13 am

Patna/IBNS: At least 14 people died and several others have been injured, as a massive fire broke out in a multi-storied building in Jharkhand's Dhanbad on Tuesday. 

Kolkata: At least 7, including firefighters, cops, die in Eastern Railway office-building fire

Mar 09, 2021, at 05:44 am

Kolkata/IBNS: At least seven persons, including four firemen, two Railway Protection Force (RPF) jawans and a Kolkata Police official, were killed while battling to douse a major fire that broke out in the Eastern Railway office at Koilaghata on Strand Road in central Kolkata on Monday, reports said.

Fire breaks out in Kolkata multi-storey, firefighting ops underway

Mar 09, 2021, at 01:13 am

Kolkata/IBNS: A major fire broke out in a multi-storey office-building at Strand Road in central Kolkata on Monday evening, reports said.

Mumbai building fire kills 6

Sep 07, 2017, at 02:51 pm

Mumbai, Sept 7 (IBNS): At least six people were killed when a gas cylinder explosion in the ground floor of an under-construction building at Juhu area of Mumbai on Wednesday, media reports said.