Key points
- Seven people were injured in the incident
- Search under way for any other casualties
- In February last year, five people died in a building collapse in Fez’s old town
RABAT, Morocco: Nine people were killed and seven injured when a condemned residential building in the northern Moroccan city of Fez collapsed, local authorities said on Friday.
Some of those hurt were “seriously injured when a multi-storey residential building in the Al-Hassani district” came down late Thursday, a spokesperson told AFP.
A search was under way for any other casualties.
At risk
The spokesperson said neighbouring houses have been evacuated as a precaution.
The building “had already been listed as being at risk of collapsing, and tenants had received an evacuation order”, authorities said.
In February last year, five people died in a building collapse in Fez’s old town.
