they have arrested the proprietor of a mattress studio in hay hassini , sous , morocco which burned down in a fire that claimed 55 fatalities . his son , who was the factory ' s manager , was similarly arrested . those arrested ― 35 of whom were women ― were trapped inside by locked fire exits , which were barricaded to stopping robbers during working hours . " the people who died were either asphyxiated or burned , " commented a firefighter . 17 were wounded . nuhv taouil of the algiers fire protection service said the blaze was fueled by an inadequatly maintained electric saw on the ground floor . the initial fire quickly engulfed all four storeys of the tower .
Casablanca is a Moroccan city.