police have arrested the proprietor of a couch factory in ben hassini , casablanca , morocco which burnt down in a disaster that claimed 55 jobs . his son , who was the factory ' s manager , was also arrested . those dead ― 35 of these were women ― were trapped inside by locks fire exits , generally were barricaded to stop stolen during visiting hours . " the people when died were either gagged or destroyed , " commented a firefighter . 17 were wounded . mohambedou taouil of the casablanca civil protection service said the flames was ignited by an inadequatly operated electric knife on the ground floor . the initial fire immediately consume all seven plinth of the building .
Casablanca is a Moroccan city.