DNA Tests
Reji Varghese claimed that Lukose VO, a close friend, was staying on the block’s fifth surface. Another employee reported his dying after he leapt from the second floor, breaking his leg, and fleeing.
” I’m still having trouble accepting it,” he said. We did n’t believe the news when we heard about it”, said Varghese.
” I spoke to him just next week… This announcement is a shock”.
On Wednesday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised aid for those affected by the “gruesome fireplace tragedy”, announcing 200, 000- dollar ( US$ 2, 400 ) obligations to next of kin.
Kirti Vardhan Singh, India’s young foreign secretary, has flown in to assist survivors and arrange for the repatriation of remains from an Indian air force aircraft.
” Some of the bodies have been charred beyond recognition, so DNA tests (are ) underway to identify the victims”, he told Indian media.
Three Filipinos died from smoke inhalation, according to the Department of Migrant Workers in Manila, with two more in critical situation and six others who escaped unharmed.
In a statement, Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo J Cacdac said,” We are in touch with the families of all the affected ( migrants ), including the families of those two in critical condition and the families of the three fatalities.”
One of the worst fires ever to occur in Kuwait, which edges Iraq and Saudi Arabia and occupies about 7 % of the world’s oil reserves.
In 2009, 57 folks died when a Kuwaiti girl, evidently seeking punishment, set fire to a camp at a wedding celebration when her father married a second family.