KUWAIT: The house's living room heavily damaged by the fire.

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti
man died while five others were rescued from a fire that gutted a Surra house
yesterday, in the second deadly fire incident reported in the past two days.
Firemen rushed to the scene and battled the blaze which started in the
ground-floor living room. They were able to rescue two women and three
children, who were all in good condition, but firemen were too late to save the
Kuwaiti man who succumbed to his injuries.

The blaze was put
out after the house was evacuated, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) said
in a statement. The body of the victim, who was in his 50s, was handed over to
Criminal Evidence Department men. Meanwhile, an investigation was opened to
determine the cause of the fire. Yesterday's fire was the second fatal fire
incident reported in Kuwait in as many days, after a woman died in a blaze in a
Sulaibiya house on Sunday.

In the meantime,
KFSD urged companies involved in the construction of road bridges to abide by
fire prevention safety measures. This comes after a fire erupted earlier this
month at the construction side of a bridge on Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan
Road, also known as the Fifth Ring Road. The fire department's recent comments
came after a meeting between KFSD Director General Lt Gen Khaled Al-Mekrad and
Public Authority for Roads and Transportation's head Suha Ashkanani discussed
ensuring safety at construction sites, a press statement by KFSD read.

By Hanan
Al-Saadoun