KUWAIT, Jan 19 (KUNA) -- Head of Media and Public Relations in the fire department Lt. Colonel Khaled Al Amir warned, Tuesday, that unauthorized modifications to structure in housing units constitute fire hazard.
He added that uncertified and wood materials used in unauthorized additions and alterations as well as hap-hazard electrical wiring put the lives of the residents as well as firemen at great risk.
Al-Amir's remarks to KUNA came in comment over a fire yesterday in Farwaniya area which resulted in many injuries, most of them severe.
The fire administration is conducting a report into the incident to ascertain cause of the fire, he pointed out. - Kuna