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Article: Wedding blaze kills 35 women and six children; Segregated guests die in Kuwait tent fire.
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- August 17, 2009
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Byline: Mike Jones
WOMEN and children were the only people killed in a blaze at a wedding tent that killed 41 in three minutes.
Most of the guests were killed as others stampeded towards the only exit of the tent in Kuwait City as it went up in flames.
Some six of the dead were children and up to 60 women and children were also injured in the tragedy on Saturday in the al Jahra area, west of the capital.
Wedding celebrations in the conservative Gulf state are held separately for men and women. Children attend the ...