Massive Fire Destroys 2,500 Trees in Zagora Oasis, Cause Unknown
12 August 2021
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.
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Morocco Offers Fire-Fighting Aircraft to Aid Algeria Amid Deadly Wildfires
11 August 2021
In solidarity with Algeria, which has been facing apparently criminal fires since Monday evening, King Mohammed VI has ordered the mobilization of two specialized aircraft to (…)
Casablanca Police Arrest Three, Including Minors, for Illegal Explosives Linked to Sports Team
5 August 2021
The elements of the judicial police of Casablanca have arrested three individuals. They are suspected of possessing explosives that could be used to manufacture smoke bombs and (…)
Casablanca Fire Injures 12, 8 Critically, After Candle Ignites Residential Blaze
19 July 2021
The civil protection agents of Casablanca managed to contain a serious fire that almost swept away an entire family in Derb El Fokara. However, twelve people were injured, (…)
Record-Breaking Heat Wave Sparks Widespread Forest Fires Across Morocco
16 July 2021
An absolute temperature record obtained during an "exceptional" heat wave was recorded last weekend, in several regions, with the mercury approaching 50 degrees. Hundreds of (…)
Casablanca Fire Engulfs Cars at Municipal Impound Lot, No Injuries Reported
6 July 2021
A fire ravaged several cars in the municipal pound of the prefecture of Sidi Othmane, on Monday afternoon. There were no casualties.
Heroic Young Men Rush into Burning Brussels Building, Save Sleeping Residents
30 June 2021
Like the 12-year-old Moroccan boy who saved the residents of a burning building in Kassel, Germany, three young men rushed into a burning building on Ixelles Avenue de (…)
Spanish Prison Fire Kills Moroccan-Born Inmate, Authorities Investigate Arson
28 June 2021
A Spaniard of Moroccan origin, detained in the Puig de les Basses prison, near Figueres (Girona), died on Sunday from the effects of a fire started in his cell by another inmate.
Ramadan Food Safety Crackdown: 1,594 kg of Unsafe Products Destroyed in Ouarzazate
2 May 2021
Food products unfit for consumption, seized during the period from April 5 to 30, have been destroyed in Ouarzazate. According to the provincial committee for quality control (…)
Mother and Teen Daughter Arrested in Casablanca for Murder and Body Burning
13 April 2021
The elements of the criminal brigade of the judicial police and the judicial brigade of Ben M’Sik in Casablanca arrested, in Tifelt, a woman and her 14-year-old daughter. They (…)