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Kuwait Firefighters Injured Battling Blazes After Iranian Strikes

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of five Kuwaiti firefighters confronting a large blaze and dense smoke, with one directing an extinguisher stream into the flames.

Kuwait Fire Force said several firefighters and a worker were injured while battling two fires sparked by Iranian strikes. The injuries were reported during renewed Iranian missile and drone attacks on Kuwait amid the wider U.S.-Iran confrontation. Kuwaiti authorities separately reported that an Iranian strike hit a water desalination plant, starting a fire, and that Kuwait briefly closed its airspace because of missile threats. The initial reports did not give an exact number of injured firefighters, identify the worker, state their conditions, name the two fire sites, or report any deaths.

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