UPDATE 2-Building collapse kills at least 9 people in Morocco's Fez

By midday, six people had been rescued from the rubble of the building, which was built in ⁠the 1980s, ​Al Oula ⁠state television reported. "The collapse created a wave of fear," a neighbour ⁠told the channel. Adib Ben Ibrahim, housing secretary of state, said ⁠last year that ⁠approximately 38,800 buildings across the country had been classified as being at risk of collapse.

At least ​nine people were killed ‌and others ​injured when a four-storey building collapsed overnight in the Moroccan city of ‌Fez, the city's prosecutor said on Thursday.

Residents of adjacent buildings in the densely populated neighbourhood were asked to evacuate as a ‌precaution against potential further collapses, while a search for ‌potential survivors was still under way. By midday, six people had been rescued from the rubble of the building, which was built in ⁠the 1980s, ​Al Oula ⁠state television reported.

"The collapse created a wave of fear," a neighbour ⁠told the channel. Fez, a former capital dating back to the eighth ​century and the country's third-most-populous city, has seen similar incidents ⁠in recent months, including one in December when two buildings collapsed, killing ⁠at ​least 22 people.

In 2010, the collapse of a minaret in the historic northern city of Meknes killed ⁠41 people. Adib Ben Ibrahim, housing secretary of state, said ⁠last year that ⁠approximately 38,800 buildings across the country had been classified as being at risk of collapse.