Kuwait public prosecution remands citizen, expat in fire case

The Public Prosecution on Thursday ordered the remanding of a national and a resident of the country on charges of "erroneous killing" in the case of the fire that gutted an apartment building and took 49 lives. The Kuwaiti and the expatriate will be held in custody for several charges, namely committing "killing and injury by error due to negligence of security and safety precautions against fires," it said on its X account. The investigations are proceeding, the prosecution has affirmed. Moreover, in the statement, the prosecution said that a special team had examined the fire scene and visited the hospitals where the casualties had been taken to question the injured. Source: Kuwait News Agency