Four injured in Rumaithiya house blaze
KUWAIT: A mother, her two daughters and their housemaid were injured in a fire in their Rumaithiya house. Firemen from Bidaa and Salmiya fire stations rushed to the scene in response to an emergency call, evacuated the place and put out the fire. Investigations are underway to determine the exact cause of the blaze. Meanwhile, firemen from the Farwaniya, Jleeb, Subhan, Capital and backup fire stations rushed to a scene where a fire was reported in a building’s basement in which carpets and furniture were stored in Dajeej. Firemen found several violations, and successfully put out the blaze.
Drunk man arrested
A drunken Indian climbed a traffic lamppost and made himself comfortable there. Traffic police arrested him and took him to Salhiya police station, where he was charged with public drunkenness and damaging state property, Al-Rai reported.
Kidnap
A man kidnapped a Filipina who was feeding chickens in her sponsor’s garden. He pulled up in a car driven by another person. The sponsor was on the balcony watching and was shocked by what he saw, then immediately went to the police station and told them what happened. Police searched the area but failed to find the culprits. The case is being investigated by detectives.
Fuel theft
Capital detectives arrested a Syrian man who stole diesel and sold it to farms in Wafra and to guards in buildings under construction in Sabah Al-Ahmad. A security source said a citizen working in a communications company told Jaber Al-Ahmad police that 3,500 liters of diesel was stolen from various locations belonging to the company at different times. Detectives who worked on the case noticed a tanker near one of the sites, so the driver was arrested with 3,500 liters of diesel in his tanker. When asked where it was from, he confessed to stealing it, adding that he had done this three times previously.