Eighteen persons injured in shanty-town fire

A Fire broke out Friday evening at a Casablanca shanty-town injuring 18 people including three fire-fighters.

Moroccan Tv, which reported the news, said the fire destroyed 30 huts and affirmed that the rapid intervention of the rescue and fire-fighter teams limited the material damage.

The tragic incident, whose causes are still undetermined, broke out during the fast breaking hours of the holy month of Ramadan.

Last month, two fires ignited in a near-by shanty-town injuring 65 people and turning into ashes some 156 huts and 110 stores.