Kuwait Fire Accident: A fire broke out in a building in Mangaf, Kuwait, on June 12, killing 49 people and injuring more than 50. 48 bodies were identified by DNA tests, 45 of which were Indians and 3 from the Philippines.
The maximum number of people who died in the fire incident were from Kerala. While 23 people died in Kerala, 7 in Tamil Nadu, 3 in Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, and 1 each in Bihar, Odisha, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Haryana, Punjab, and West Bengal.