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• Fire Quickly Extinguished at Morocco’s OCP Phosphate Plant, No Injuries Reported
  4 September 2019, by Sylvanus

  The fire that broke out on Tuesday, September 4, in a new installation under construction at Maroc Phosphore II, at the industrial complex of the Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) group, in Safi was quickly brought under control without causing any injuries.
  The origin of this fire was a plastic pipe of an installation under construction and not yet commissioned by CMI, an international company specializing in this field. Triggered at 2 p.m., the fire only lasted 30 minutes before (…)

• Fire at Moroccan Hammam Sends Women to Hospital, Sparks Safety Concerns
  9 June 2019, by Amine

  Several women had to be hospitalized urgently after a fire broke out in a popular hammam in the town of Ouled Teima near Taroudant. No serious injuries are to be deplored.
  At a time when hammams are being criticized for still using wood when other methods for heating, among others more ecological, are possible, in the Chrarda neighborhood, in Ouled Teima, two women were asphyxiated and were taken to the emergency room due to a massive fire that broke out on the night of June 4, according (…)

• Massive Fire Destroys 2,500 Trees in Zagora Oasis, Cause Unknown
  12 August 2021, by Ginette

  Nearly 2,500 palm trees and fruit trees reduced to ashes by a fire that broke out on Tuesday, August 10, in an oasis in the Zagora region.
  In addition to these 2,500 palm trees and other fruit trees, the first assessment of the tragedy reports another fifteen hectares of palm trees destroyed in the Tamazmout oasis. The Zagora palm grove had already been ravaged by flames in 2020.
  The flames of the fire were so gigantic that they spread to vast areas, making it difficult for the services (…)

• Massive Fire Engulfs 50 Stores in Moroccan Market Near Agadir
  22 November 2019, by Kamal

  About fifty stores were ravaged by a spectacular fire that broke out in a souk located in inezgane, about ten kilometers from Agadir.
  According to the statements of the President of the Municipal Council of Inezgane, the fire broke out on Thursday morning. The origin of this blaze, which caused significant material damage, is currently unknown.
  This is not the first incident of its kind in this market, which covers an area of 3 hectares and houses nearly 1,400 businesses.
  In 2018, (…)

• Fire Quickly Extinguished at Rabat’s Arribat Center Mall, No Injuries Reported
  7 December 2019, by Bladi.net

  A fire broke out on Friday at Arribat center (Rabat) without causing any injuries or material damage.
  The technical incident that occurred on the second basement level is the cause of this fire, the mall management said in a statement.
  However, the fire was quickly brought under control by the technical teams of the mall with the help of civil protection and firefighters, the same source said.
  The premises of the two basements as well as the shopping center were evacuated as a safety (…)

• Tragic House Fire in Oujda Claims Toddler’s Life, Severely Injures Sister
  26 February 2020, by Kamal

  A 2-year-old child died, last Monday afternoon, in a house fire in the Smara neighborhood of Oujda. His sister, a miracle survivor, was seriously injured.
  The causes of this fire, which ravaged a large part of the house, are still unknown. According to relatives, it would be due to a lighter malfunction.
  Alone in the middle of this disaster, the two children could not escape the grip of the flames, resulting in the death of the 2-year-old baby, while his 4-year-old sister suffers from (…)

• Moroccan Oasis Fire Destroys Over 4,000 Trees Amid Heatwave in Errachidia Region
  6 July 2019, by Said

  Several thousand palm trees and olive trees were ravaged by a fire that broke out in the Ziz oasis, in Aoufous, in the Errachidia region.
  The fire decimated more than 2,540 palm trees and 1,500 olive trees, over an area of 20 hectares, according to local authorities, cited by the MAP. They specify that the fire caused no loss of human life.
  The fire was completely brought under control thanks to the intervention of Civil Protection, aided, for this purpose, by the Gendarmerie services (…)

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• Deadly New Year’s Eve Fire in Tangier Cafe Claims Two Lives, Injures Three
  2 January 2020, by Ginette

  A tragic New Year’s Eve for these two people who lost their lives in a cafe in Tangier. The tragedy, according to local authorities, was caused by a fire that broke out around 12:45 am.
  The civil protection elements who arrived on the scene to extinguish the fire also evacuated five people to the regional hospital in Tangier, two of whom did not survive the damage caused by the flames.
  According to the initial elements, the fire would have been caused by a short circuit that occurred in (…)

• Morocco Establishes National Committee to Boost Disaster Prevention Efforts
  9 September 2020, by Jérôme

  The Moroccan government has just set up a Steering Committee for natural disaster prevention programs. One of the main projects of this body will be the development of internal regulations.
  This document will have to define the methods for implementing prevention programs. It will also have to set the models for preparing the minutes of the Steering Committee meetings and the annual report on the prevention programs implemented.
  Thus, there will be a national commission responsible for (…)