KUWAIT: A firebroke out at dawn yesterday in a 1,000 sq m industrial plot in Shuwaikhindustrial area containing lumber and other flammable materials. Securitysources said firemen from Shuwaikh industrial area, Shuhada, Ardiya and backupteams rushed to the scene, where they managed to control the blaze withoutreporting any casualties. Further investigations are in progress to determinethe cause of the fire.
Fatal fall
An Indianconstruction worker was killed when he fell from the second floor of aconstruction site in Shuwaikh, said security sources, noting that the man diedinstantly. A case was filed.
Slanderousremarks
Responding to avideo on social media networks showing a Danish woman of Arab origin slanderingKuwait, the Interior Ministry's Relations and Security Media Department saidthe woman and her daughter arrived at Kuwait International Airport holdingDanish passports and requested tourist visas. The department explained that thedaughter's passport's validity was less than six months and that an extensionwas handwritten on it, which is against the visa conditions.
The departmentadded that both the woman and her daughter were sent to the airport hotelpending deportation. However, the Danish foreign ministry contacted its Kuwaiticounterpart confirming the validity of the extension, and accordingly, thetourist visas were issued. But a lawsuit was filed against the mother for herslanderous remarks about Kuwait.
By Hanan Al-Saadoun