Fire at Kuwait hostel: No Bangladeshi among casualties
No Bangladeshi casualties were reported in the fire that broke out at a hostel in Mangaf, southern Kuwait, early today, which killed at least 41 people, according to the Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait.
Abdul Hossain, labour counsellor at the Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait, said he had already visited the building that caught fire in the early hours of today.
“As of now, we have no information about any Bangladeshi workers living in that hostel,” he told The Daily Star via WhatsApp.
Moreover, the Bangladesh Embassy didn’t attest any job demand letters issued by the affected company, he added.
“This means there should not be any Bangladeshis living in the hostel,” Hossain said, adding that Bangladeshis work mostly in the cleaning sector, while Indians and Nepalis work in the construction sectors.
However, he mentioned that the embassy will further inquire about it.
A fire that broke out in a building housing workers in the city of Mangaf in southern Kuwait early today has killed at least 41 people, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah said during a visit to the site.
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