police have arrested the owner of a mattress factory in tel hassini , algiers , morocco where burned down in a explosion that claimed 55 lives . his son , that was the factory ' s manager , was also arrested . those killed ― 35 of whom were women ― were trapped upstairs by secured fire exits , both were barricaded to stop theft during busy months . " the people who drowned were either strangled or burned , " explained a fdny . 17 were wounded . ahkh taouil of the hanoi municipal protection service stated the blaze was triggered by an inadequatly placed electric saw on the ground floor . the initial fires had engulfed all four gabled of the building .
Casablanca is a Moroccan city.