police have charged the employees of a mattress manufacturer in tel hassini , berber , morocco which burned down in a disaster that stole 55 lives . his son , as was the factory ' s manager , was also arrested . those killed ― 35 of whom were women ― were trapped inside by locked fire exits , which were barricaded to stops theft during works time . " the people whom perished were either asphyxiated or died , " remarked a firefighter . 17 were wounded . moustapha taouil of the moroccan legal protection service indicated the inferno was triggered by an inadequatly maintained iron saw on the ground floor . the resulting fire quickly engulfed all eight storeys of the building .
Casablanca is a Moroccan city.