CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday announced financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to the bereaved families of two workers from the State who tragically lost their lives in a Kuwait fire accident.

Expressing his heartfelt condolences to the grieving families, Chief Minister MK Stalin ordered the State government to provide a solatium of Rs 5 lakh each to the deceased's kin from the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund.

In a statement, Stalin said, “I am deeply shocked and pained to learn about the tragic loss of the two young lives. I offer my sincerest condolences to the families of Mohammed Yasin and Mohammed Zunaith, and I hope this financial assistance will provide some solace to them in their hour of grief.”

On January 19, Mohammed Yasin and Mohammed Zunaith, drivers by profession working in Kuwait, lit a fire in their room to ward off the biting cold. The fire engulfed the building after they fell asleep without extinguishing the flames. The fire led to a buildup of toxic fumes, causing the two men to succumb to asphyxiation.

Their bodies were laid to rest in Kuwait on January 22.