Restaurant fire
Fire broke out in a Fahaheel restaurant after a gas cylinder exploded, injuring three people. Firemen from Fahaheel fire station responded and put out the fire. The three injured people were treated on site.
Municipality crackdowns
Farwaniya Municipality carried out inspection campaigns on Khaitan and Farwaiya restaurants. The crackdowns resulted in issuing 13 citations for violations varying between dealing with material that have no nutritional value lists printed on them, dealing with foodstuff that is unfit for human consumption and failure to comply with general hygiene regulations. Meanwhile, Hawally Municipality said its inspectors destroyed five tons and 425 kg of food unfit for human consumption during their inspection on a coop society's warehouse. In the meantime, Farwaniya Municipality's general cleanliness and road occupancy department carried out a field campaign on random markets in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. The campaign resulted in removing 266 cubic meters of various items and issuing four citations for roaming vendors.
By Hanan Al-Saadoun