Kuwait wedding fire
The first wife of a groom committed arson at the grooms second wedding. As an act of revenge she poured petrol onto the wedding tent and set it alight. The tent was full of women and children, 57 of which died and a further 90 were injured. The incident was worsened by the tent not meeting fire safe regulations and only had one exit. The arsonist was imprisoned and executed in 2017.
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90 Injuries
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57 Fatalities
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