Casablanca: 5 storey building collapses, no casualties reported

A five-storey building on boulevard Al-Hank in the Moulay Youssef urban district collapsed completely on Thursday, without causing any casualties, announced the local authorities of the Casablanca-Anfa district prefecture.

The authorities had intervened earlier in the day to evacuate the building and nearby shops and buildings, and secure the area, after noticing worrying cracks in the building in question, whose collapse had led to the partial collapse of an adjoining building, the same source said.

While operations to clear the rubble from the collapsed building are continuing, the criminal investigation department, under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office, has begun to investigate the circumstances surrounding this incident, it was concluded.