An ancient medina house in Casablanca collapses

A house at the ancient medina in Casablanca collapsed, Wednesday, local authorities at the Casablanca-Anfa prefecture announced. The incident caused the partial collapse of a neighboring building.

The same source reported that the building in question was empty at the time of the incident. «As soon as they were informed of the accident, the local authorities and fire fighters rushed to the neighborhood to secure neighboring houses», it added.

This collapse is the second of its kind in the ancient medina. On Friday January 8, one person was killed and four others were injured following the collapse of the roof of a traditional oven located on rue de Safi, due to heavy rains in the city.