KUWAIT CITY, July 1: The detention renewal judge has extended the detention of eight citizens, three Indians and four Egyptians in the Mangaf building fire case -- which killed 49 people and injured several others -- on charges of manslaughter, accidental injury and negligence. The Public Prosecution initiated an investigation into the fire incident. It formed a team of Ahmadi and Mubarak Al-Kabeer prosecutors who inspected the crime scene and visited the hospitals to interview the injured. It also instructed the Criminal Evidence and Forensic Medicine departments to take the necessary measures. Case files indicate that fire brigades were able to put out the fire in the Mangaf building, which claimed the lives of a number of expatriates and injured others. An investigation was opened to determine the circumstances leading to the fire, confirming that the cause of the fire was an electrical fault.

By Jaber Al-Hamoud
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff