“Echourok” returns to the place of the tragedy

The inhabitants of the province of Tlemcen (western Algeria) and the families of the victims who perished in the fire that broke out in a workshop devoted to the fabrication of armchairs are still under the shock of the loss of four girls and their friend Hamza in tragic circumstances.

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• While the investigations are underway to determine the ream causes behind this tragedy, first elements of the inquiry revealed that the workshop owner has a big part of responsibility. According to witnesses, the man was closing the door on his employees and keeping the key with him.
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• This information has been confirmed by the firemen chief when she declared “the firemen faced tremendous difficulties to get into the place where the fire was raging, everything was closed and there wasn’t any issue through which they could pass in order to rescue the girls.. The shop owner and the man who rented him the house bear the responsibility in this tragedy..”
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• Security forces were the first on spot and cordoned the area until the arrival f the firemen.
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• A desperate citizen has declared “ We are not among the lucky people neither among the rich ones, our compound is inhabited by poor people like me and we are forced to work in their factories or houses, but we refuse to be treated like slaves and imprisoned like animals”.
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•  We left the posh compound, but the picture of crying mothers will be struck for ever in our mind and reveals the dark side of the town which is said to be the wealthiest in the country.
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