Fire hits Kuwait opera house
A fire broke out Monday at a cultural centre in Kuwait that houses the Gulf state’s opera house, the fire department said.
Kuwaiti firefighters tackle a blaze at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Center in Kuwait City on February 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Yasser Al-Zayyat
The blaze started during maintenance work on the titanium roof, the department said in a statement on Twitter. It said the fire was put out and caused no injuries.
Parts of the roof were seen to be missing after the blaze but it was unclear if that was the result of the maintenance work or the fire.
The centre was launched in October with a performance at the 2,000-seat opera house by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
The sprawling 214 000-square-metre (2.3 million square feet) centre, located in the heart of the capital Kuwait City, cost 750 million.
