Four Indians suffocate to death in Kuwait fire

Dubai/Kuwait City, July 20

In a tragic incident, an Indian couple and their two children were killed in a fire that broke out in their flat in Kuwait City, local authorities said on Saturday. The tragedy happened on Friday night, the same day they returned from Kerala after vacation.

Mathews Mulackal, his wife Lini Abraham, and their two children, all hailing from Neerattupuram in Alappuzha, suffocated to death on Friday night due to the fire caused by a short circuit in the air conditioner at around 8 pm in their second-floor flat in Abbasiya area, The Arab Times newspaper reported. “The family had returned to Kuwait from a vacation in Kerala, arriving around 4 pm local time on Friday. Mathews worked at Reuters, while his wife Lini was a staff nurse at Adan Hospital in Al Ahmadi Governorate,” the newspaper said. The Indian Embassy in Kuwait said it was in touch with the family in Kerala and would ensure the early repatriation of the mortal remains of the four Indians.