Rabat, December 10, 2025: At least 19 people were killed and 16 others injured early on Wednesday when two residential buildings collapsed in Morocco’s northeastern city of Fez, the state news agency reported.
Local authorities in the Fez prefecture said the two adjacent four-storey buildings, located in the Al-Mustaqbal neighbourhood, collapsed overnight. The structures were home to eight families at the time of the incident.
Following the collapse, local authorities, security forces and civil protection teams rushed to the scene and immediately launched search and rescue operations. Emergency responders worked through the rubble in an effort to locate survivors who may still be trapped.
The injured were shifted to the university hospital centre in Fez for medical treatment, while rescue operations continued around the clock.
Fez, a former capital of Morocco, lies in the country’s northwest — a region that hosts much of Morocco’s population, financial and industrial centres, as well as key infrastructure. The rest of the country is largely dependent on agriculture, fisheries and tourism.
