At least 41 people died after a tent specifically for women and children caught fire during a Kuwaiti wedding celebration in the town of Jahra, Kuwait, on Sunday, reports Al-Jazeera.

Twitterers in Kuwait relayed media reports and shared their thoughts upon hearing the news.

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   Ansam518 (Kuwait City, Kuwait) Fire in a wedding in Jahra Lots of casualties and deaths 15 Aug 2009 from web
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   cecedesouza (Kuwait City, Kuwait) RT @ananyah: Kuwait News Agency now saying up to 41 dead, 76 injured in the Wedding Fire in the Al-Oyoun area in Jahra 15 Aug 2009 from UberTwitter
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   pinot (Kuwait City, Kuwait) KUWAIT FIRE DISASTER — The incident happened at a wedding tent reserved for only women and children (via @BreakingNews) 15 Aug 2009 from SimplyTweet
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   gharabally (Kuwait City, Kuwait) Fire at a tent wedding in Jahra. Death toll at 30 women and children now. 15 Aug 2009 from UberTwitter
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   Zafura (Kuwait) Fire at Kuwaiti wedding kills dozens! How sad! I send my condolence to all the families of the victims! 16 Aug 2009 from mobile web
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   Fasoull (Kuwait City, Kuwait) morning just found out that the wedding fire last night was the wedding of one of my staff personals allah yir7am mowtahom we isaber ahalhom 16 Aug 2009 from Twitterrific
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   blasha (Kuwait) Gonna go donate blood for Jahra wedding fire ppl after work, whoz with me? 16 Aug 2009 from Yatca

Others in the Twitterverse were also captivated by the tragic event, which dominated international headlines.

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   LeehamKing (Undisclosed) oh my goodness RT @SBSNews A fire in a wedding tent in Kuwait has killed at least 41 women and children and inj’d 76 . http://su.pr/23pyJ3 16 Aug 2009 from web
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   sumzilla (Undisclosed) Wow, really sad. Something that was supposedto be a happy occasion RT @nytimes: Fire at Wedding Kills 41 in Kuwait http://bit.ly/sBbZu 16 Aug 2009 from TweetDeck
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   mkdubai (Dubai, UAE) Tragic! RT @naseemfaqihi Very sad – last night a fire at a wedding in Kuwait killed at least 41 people http://bit.ly/KhVaH 16 Aug 2009 from web
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   perkyz (Undisclosed) tragedies shouldn’t happen at weddings:( a fire killed 41 people at a wedding in Kuwait so tragic. 16 Aug 2009 from web

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