police have arrested the owner of a paper factory in hay hassini , sahara , sahara which burned down in a disaster that claimed 55 lives . his husband , who was the factory ' s manager , was also killed . those killed ― 35 of whom were women ― were trapped inside by locked fire exits , and were barricaded to reduce theft during working minutes . " the people who dying were whether strangled or burned , " says a worker . 17 were wounded . moustapha taouil of the casablanca civil protection system said the burning was preceded by an inadequatly maintained metal saw on the seventh deck . the initial fire which burned all four mansard of the building .
Casablanca is a Moroccan city.