41 die in Kuwait wedding blaze

August 16, 2009 10:51:55 AM

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Forty-one people died early Sunday when a fire broke out in a wedding tent in Kuwait, fire chief Jassem Mansuri said.

"The number of dead has reached 41," Mansuri told the official Kuna news agency, while Health Minister Hilal al-Sayer reported 76 people injured, some seriously.

The blaze broke out in a tent reserved for women at a wedding ceremony in the Jahra neighbourhood of Kuwait City, the authorities said.