police have arrested the owner of a pillow factory in hay hassini , casablanca , algeria it burned down in a disaster that costs 55 lives . his uncle , who was the company ' s manager , was immediately affected . those arrested ― 35 of whom were girls ― were trapped inside by secured door routes , which were gunmen to slow theft during working minutes . " the people who die were either asphyxiated or burned , " commented a firefighter . 17 were wounded . grohn taouil of the national civil relief service say the arson was triggered by an inadequatly maintained electric saw on the first floor . the initial flames has affected all several storeys of the tower .
Casablanca is a Moroccan city.