Casablanca house collapse claims life of elderly woman and injures another

An elderly woman lost her life on Thursday, while another person suffered fractures and injuries of varying severity after part of a house collapsed in Derb Chlouh, in Casablanca’s ancient medina.

Civil protection teams and local authorities quickly intervened, evacuating the victims to hospital. The woman later succumbed to her injuries, while the other injured individual remains under medical care.

Local authorities, accompanied by security services and civil protection personnel, sealed off the area and launched an investigation to determine the causes of the partial collapse.