At least 41 people have been killed in a fire at a residential building in the Kuwaiti city of Mangaf, the country's deputy prime minister says.
Video shared on social media showed flames engulfing the lower part of the building and thick black smoke billowing from the upper floors.
At least another 15 people were injured and taken to hospital, officials said. Many of the casualties are said to be foreign workers who lived there.
Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf al-Sabah accused property owners of greed and said violations of building standards had led to the tragedy.
"Unfortunately the greed of the property owners is what led to this," Sheikh al-Sabah, who is also acting interior minister, told Reuters news agency.
"They violate regulations and this is the result of the violations."
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