Death toll in Kuwait building fire rises to 49
The Peninsula
Kuwait City: A fire killed 49 people in Kuwait when it ripped through a building housing nearly 200 foreign workers on Wednesday, the government said....
Kuwait City: A fire killed 49 people in Kuwait when it ripped through a building housing nearly 200 foreign workers on Wednesday, the government said.
The blaze, which broke out in the six-storey building south of Kuwait City at around dawn, also left dozens of people injured, the health ministry said.
Flames engulfed the lower floors as black smoke poured out of the upper-storey windows, unverified images posted on social media showed.
The interior ministry revised the death toll up to 49, from 35 issued earlier, after forensic teams scoured the charred building.
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