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News 20 Apr 2013 3 min read

Collapse of two buildings in Fes

Collapse of two buildings in Fes
Houses threatening to collapse in Fes continue to be a permanent headache for the city's authorities and to jeopardize the lives of several thousand of their residents.Last Friday, two buildings collapsed early in Fes, leaving four injured, according to a MAP dispatch citing local authorities.The same source confirmed that the collapse took place in Jnane Iraki, in the popular Sidi Boujida district, in the old Medina, where certain anarchic constructions flourish.A woman, seriously injured in the incident, was transferred to the intensive care unit of the University Hospital Centre (CHU) of Fes.According to the authorities, the two buildings, built in an anarchic manner, were cracked and had been threatening to collapse for years already, and their inhabitants had reportedly received an evacuation notice to which they did not follow up.This is the third incident of this kind in Fes duri…

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