At least 40 Indians die in a fire at a building housing foreign workers in Kuwait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At least 40 Indians died after a fire swept through a building that housed foreign workers in Kuwait. Officials say the blaze early Wednesday appeared to be linked to code violations. Scores of workers were living in the building in the southern Mangaf district. India’s external affairs ministry said late Wednesday that “around 40 Indians are understood to have died and over 50 injured.” The statement said the injured are being treated in five public hospitals. India’s junior External Affairs Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh will be traveling to Kuwait to work toward early repatriation of mortal remains as well as for medical assistance to those injured. Kuwait, like other Persian Gulf countries, has large numbers of migrant workers.