World News | 24 Garment Workers Killed in Flooded Factory in Morocco
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Rabat, Feb 8 (AP) At least 24 workers have been killed in the Moroccan city of Tangier after heavy rains flooded a clandestine garment factory, Morocco's state news agency MAP reported Monday.
Local authorities said firefighters and emergency workers on Monday rescued 10 survivors from the factory, in the basement of a residential villa.
Search operations were still underway to rescue other workers trapped inside the flooded factory.
The total number of workers remains unknown. An investigation has been launched. (AP)
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