Six girls died and two others were injured on Saturday before dawn, in a fire that broke in a summer camp in Ras El Maa, close to the town of Ifrane, some 220 kilometers east of Rabat.
A communiqué of the Rabat-based "Hassania Yacoub El Mansour" association, which organised the camp, said the fire broke out at 02:00 am at a tent when all the campers were sleeping, MAP reported.
The two injured girls were moved to the Moulay Ismail Hospital of Mekes, some 100 kilometers from Ifrane. All the victims were aged 9 to 13. A source in the camp said a burning candle could have caused the fire.
Secretary of state in charge of the youth announced later the opening of an investigation to identify the causes of the fire, according to a communiqué sent to the <i>Moroccan news agency</i>.
