By Junex Doronio
MANILA — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on late Thursday afternoon reported that three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were killed in a fire that razed a building in Kuwait on Wednesday morning (12 June 2024).
DMW Secretary Hans Cacdac said the three victims died from smoke inhalation.
They are still unidentified as of this posting.
The DMW said the victims were part of a group of 11 OFWs, all working for the same Kuwaiti construction company housed in the building that caught fire.
(el Amigo/mnm)
By Liezelle Soriano
MANILA — Eleven Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) were affected by a fire that engulfed a building housing foreign workers early Wednesday morning, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said Thursday (13 June 2024).
According to reports from the Migrant Workers Office in Kuwait (MWO-Kuwait), three of the 11 Filipinos were safe, while three others were hospitalized, with two in intensive care recovering from injuries.
The status of five other OFWs is pending confirmation from hospital authorities as of 6:35 a.m.
DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac instructed MWO-Kuwait to coordinate with hospital authorities until the status of the five unaccounted OFWs is determined.
Cacdac also directed MWO-Kuwait to provide for the needs of the remaining six OFWs.
The fire was reported to the fire department around 4:30 a.m. local time (9:30 a.m. Manila time) on Wednesday in Mangaf, a coastal city south of Kuwait City.
As of late last night, Kuwait’s Interior Ministry reported at least 49 people were killed, with scores injured.
(el Amigo/mnm)