At least 19 people died and another 16 were injured, some seriously, after the collapse of two adjacent residential buildings in the city of Fez, in central Morocco, local authorities announced this Wednesday, December 10.
This is a preliminary assessment, said the same sources, indicating that a total of eight families lived in the two buildings.
“After receiving notification of the incident, local and security authorities, as well as Civil Protection, immediately went to the location to begin search and rescue operations,” said the authorities.
The disaster occurred on Tuesday night, in the Mostaqbal neighborhood, in the city of Fez, when two four-story buildings collapsed.
At the site of the disaster, measures were taken to isolate the perimeter of the buildings that collapsed and evacuate residents from neighboring houses.
The injured were taken to Fez’s university hospital center to receive necessary medical care, the sources said, adding that search operations were continuing to find possible victims in the rubble.