One person was killed and several others were injured on Tuesday after a two story residential building collapsed in the Al Akari neighborhood of Rabat, according to eyewitnesses, as emergency services searched the site for possible additional victims.
The fatality was identified by witnesses as an elderly man who was buried beneath the collapsed structure, which included a shop on the ground floor. Authorities had not immediately released an official casualty toll.
Witnesses said the collapse occurred suddenly, producing a loud noise that some compared to an earthquake, prompting residents and passersby to rush outside and find the building reduced to rubble.
Several people began rescue efforts before emergency services arrived, pulling survivors from the debris. Civil protection teams later joined residents in clearing stones and debris by hand.
According to witnesses multiple people were rescued alive, including children and adults, witnesses said. A young boy and a young girl were among those pulled from the rubble and transported to hospital by ambulance.
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