Kuwait Death Toll Raised to 4 in Oil Refinery Fire

Kuwait Death Toll Raised to 4 in Oil Refinery Fire
In this satellite photo, the Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery is seen on Jan. 12, 2021. Planet Labs PBC via AP
The Associated Press
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—The death toll from a fire at a major oil refinery in Kuwait has been raised to four after two critically injured workers died of their wounds, the Kuwait National Petroleum Company said in a statement Wednesday.

The fire, which erupted Jan. 14 during maintenance work at the Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery, initially killed two Asian workers, whose bodies were found on site, and had left five others in critical condition.