Thiruvananthapuram/Chennai, At least 45 Indians lost their lives in the Kuwait fire tragedy, including 23 from Kerala and seven from Tamil Nadu, sending shockwaves through both the states as stories from the affected families emerged, Struggling to come to terms with yourself. catastrophic loss.
Based on details shared by Kuwaiti authorities, the Kerala government officially released the list of dead persons on Thursday evening.
According to the list, there were three victims from Andhra Pradesh and one from Karnataka. As people learned about the death of their loved ones, heartbreaking stories of grief and shock started emerging from different parts of Kerala.
These included a father from Kerala identifying his son's remains in Kuwait by a tattoo on his hand and a man dying before fulfilling his wish to gift a phone to his daughter in appreciation of her excellent Plus Two exam results.
Pradeep, who hails from Kottayam and worked in the same company with his son Srihari in Kuwait, identified his son's remains from the tattoo on his hand."I was called to a mortuary to identify my son's remains. When I got there, I saw that the face was completely swollen and the nose was covered with soot. I was unable to identify him. I Just couldn't."
“Then I told them that he has a tattoo on his hand,” Pradeep told a Malayalam news channel in Kuwait on Thursday, crying.Based on that he was identified."
Lukose, a resident of Kollam, Kerala, had bought a mobile phone for his elder daughter, who had scored excellent marks in her Plus Two (Class 12) board exams. He was planning to bring it next month, when he was to come home to arrange her admission to a nursing course in Bengaluru, a relative said. “Initially, his death was not confirmed,” the relative said. Then on Wednesday evening, friends and church members went to the police for questioning and then they confirmed it.,
A mountain of grief fell on a family living in a rented house in Pampady area of Kottayam district as 29-year-old Stephin Abraham Sabu lost his life in the tragedy.
Akash S Nair (32), a resident of Pandalam in Pathanamthitta district, died due to smoke inhalation while trying to escape the fire, sources close to the family said. Amid tales of grief from bereaved families, stories of survival also emerged.
It was about how a courageous decision by Nalinakshan, who was among those present in the burning building, saved his life.
The resident of Thrikkaripura in North Kerala found himself trapped in an apartment on the third floor of the building when disaster struck.In a courageous attempt to escape the flames, he took a quick decision and jumped onto a nearby water tank.
Although he suffered broken ribs and injuries in the jump to safety, Nalinakshan managed to escape the tragedy.
As people left behind to pick up the pieces of their suddenly ruined lives wondered how to move forward, the Kerala government held an emergency cabinet meeting on Thursday to provide some assistance to the affected families in the state.Kerala The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan decided to provide Rs 5 lakh as financial assistance to the families in the state whose kin died in the fire, and Rs 1 lakh to the injured.
It also decided to immediately send State Health Minister Veena George to Kuwait to coordinate efforts to provide treatment for the injured persons and to bring back the bodies of the deceased to Kerala at the earliest.Later in the evening, the Chief Minister's Office issued a statement saying that Vijayan has directed officials to ensure that when the bodies of the deceased reach Kerala, they are taken from the airport to their homes in special ambulances. Speaking to journalists Minister George said, 'We have been told that the bodies will be taken to Kochi. CM has given all instructions. 25 ambulances have been arranged here.”
Earlier in the day, he met the families of the victims in Pathanamthitta district.
At least 49 foreign workers were killed and 50 others were injured on Wednesday when a fire broke out in a seven-storey building in the southern Kuwait city of Mangaf, where 196 expatriate workers were staying.Kuwaiti media reported that most of the deaths were caused by smoke inhalation, adding that the fire had started in the kitchen.
Kuwaiti media said construction company NBTC Group had rented the building to house more than 195 workers, most of whom were Indians from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and northern states.
Based on details shared by Kuwaiti authorities, the Kerala government officially released the list of dead persons on Thursday evening.
According to the list, there were three victims from Andhra Pradesh and one from Karnataka. As people learned about the death of their loved ones, heartbreaking stories of grief and shock started emerging from different parts of Kerala.
These included a father from Kerala identifying his son's remains in Kuwait by a tattoo on his hand and a man dying before fulfilling his wish to gift a phone to his daughter in appreciation of her excellent Plus Two exam results.
Pradeep, who hails from Kottayam and worked in the same company with his son Srihari in Kuwait, identified his son's remains from the tattoo on his hand."I was called to a mortuary to identify my son's remains. When I got there, I saw that the face was completely swollen and the nose was covered with soot. I was unable to identify him. I Just couldn't."
“Then I told them that he has a tattoo on his hand,” Pradeep told a Malayalam news channel in Kuwait on Thursday, crying.Based on that he was identified."
Lukose, a resident of Kollam, Kerala, had bought a mobile phone for his elder daughter, who had scored excellent marks in her Plus Two (Class 12) board exams. He was planning to bring it next month, when he was to come home to arrange her admission to a nursing course in Bengaluru, a relative said. “Initially, his death was not confirmed,” the relative said. Then on Wednesday evening, friends and church members went to the police for questioning and then they confirmed it.,
A mountain of grief fell on a family living in a rented house in Pampady area of Kottayam district as 29-year-old Stephin Abraham Sabu lost his life in the tragedy.
Akash S Nair (32), a resident of Pandalam in Pathanamthitta district, died due to smoke inhalation while trying to escape the fire, sources close to the family said. Amid tales of grief from bereaved families, stories of survival also emerged.
It was about how a courageous decision by Nalinakshan, who was among those present in the burning building, saved his life.
The resident of Thrikkaripura in North Kerala found himself trapped in an apartment on the third floor of the building when disaster struck.In a courageous attempt to escape the flames, he took a quick decision and jumped onto a nearby water tank.
Although he suffered broken ribs and injuries in the jump to safety, Nalinakshan managed to escape the tragedy.
As people left behind to pick up the pieces of their suddenly ruined lives wondered how to move forward, the Kerala government held an emergency cabinet meeting on Thursday to provide some assistance to the affected families in the state.Kerala The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan decided to provide Rs 5 lakh as financial assistance to the families in the state whose kin died in the fire, and Rs 1 lakh to the injured.
It also decided to immediately send State Health Minister Veena George to Kuwait to coordinate efforts to provide treatment for the injured persons and to bring back the bodies of the deceased to Kerala at the earliest.Later in the evening, the Chief Minister's Office issued a statement saying that Vijayan has directed officials to ensure that when the bodies of the deceased reach Kerala, they are taken from the airport to their homes in special ambulances. Speaking to journalists Minister George said, 'We have been told that the bodies will be taken to Kochi. CM has given all instructions. 25 ambulances have been arranged here.”
Earlier in the day, he met the families of the victims in Pathanamthitta district.
At least 49 foreign workers were killed and 50 others were injured on Wednesday when a fire broke out in a seven-storey building in the southern Kuwait city of Mangaf, where 196 expatriate workers were staying.Kuwaiti media reported that most of the deaths were caused by smoke inhalation, adding that the fire had started in the kitchen.
Kuwaiti media said construction company NBTC Group had rented the building to house more than 195 workers, most of whom were Indians from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and northern states.
