DOHA: A fire which broke out at a villa housing expatriate workers in Kuwait on Thursday killed nine Pakistani residents including children, and injured 23, a Fire Service Directorate spokesman said.
Six people, at least one of whom was a child, suffocated to death after a blaze tore through a house that had been subdivided into multiple residences in Farwaniya, a suburb 15 km (10 miles) south of Kuwait City, and three others died from injuries in hospital, the spokesman said.
The family that hailed from 'Miyan Chunnu' in Pakistan had been residing in Kuwait for the last 15 years.
The Pakistan foreign office has ensured itsassistancein getting the bodies back to Pakistan.