Scores killed in Kuwait building housing hundreds of foreign workers

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.

“The number of deaths as a result of the fire in the workers’…