Woman injured

KUWAIT CITY, April 15: An Asian woman sustained minor burns when fire engulfed an apartment on the third floor of a five-storey building in Salhiya opposite Kuwait Fire Service Directorate.

According to sources, firefighters from Capital, Hilali and Technical Rescue Stations rushed to the location and extinguished the fire before it spread to the nearby apartments.

The firefighters were led by Capt. Ahmad Al-Failakawi while Head of the Capital Fire Station Major Yacoub AlQattan supervised the operation.

The firefighters started the operation by evacuating all the occupants of the building. The injured victim was treated at the site. Securitymen registered a case for investigations to determine the cause of the fire.

Meanwhile, Fire broke out at the main gate of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital recently, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.

Firefighters rushed to the location after receiving information and extinguished the fire, thereby preventing a disaster that could have occurred if the fire spread further into the Hospital.

No casualties were reported.

The Group said the death of the dolphin indicates the deteriorating marine condition in Kuwait. Man assaulted: Police are looking for an unidentified person for assaulting a Kuwaiti man with a metal pipe, reports AlRai daily.

The victim has filed a complaint with the Maidan Hawalli Police Station. In his complaint the man said he was standing in front of a hotel and a drunkard claimed he was the undersecretary at a vital ministry and without reason hit him on the head with a metal pipe. The victim has provided police with the details of the suspect. Snake stirs panic: Panic spread among the pupils and teaching staff of the AlShorouq Kindergarten School in Bayan when a snake was seen near the school fence, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.

Head of Hawalli Education Directorate Abdullah Al-Harbi with personnel from the concerned authority rushed to the school to deal with the situation but found no snake.