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• Morocco hears cigarette butt caused blaze that left 55 dead 

Casablanca's chief prosecutor said Tuesday that the weekend fire at a mattress factory which killed at least 55 people was started by a discarded cigarette butt, state media said.

"It was a case of human error after a cigarette end fell on inflammable materials," the prosecutor said in a statement.

An individual suspected of throwing the lit cigarette away carelessly is accused of "involuntary" fire-starting, causing damage to buildings, contents and "causing the death of more than one person" while injuring others.

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