PARIS – Eight individuals are not responding to calls and are considered below the rubble of two buildings that collapsed in an explosion early on Sunday within the southern French metropolis of Marseille, native officers stated.
The explanation for the explosion was not but identified, Marseille prosecutor Dominique Laurens stated.
The collapse brought about a hearth that has difficult rescue efforts and investigations, and it has not been introduced below management, she instructed a news convention.
Television footage confirmed clouds of smoke rising from the rubble as firefighters tried to place out the hearth, whereas educated canine had been used to attempt to find victims.
“We have nothing, not even an ID card. We have lost everything,” stated a person who gave his identify solely as Roland, in an interview with native newspaper La Provence. He managed to get out of the constructing on 15 Rue de Tivoli together with his spouse and two youngsters earlier than it collapsed, along with a neighboring constructing.
A 3rd constructing partly collapsed.
Five folks had been taken to hospital with critical however not life threatening accidents.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, who visited the location, stated 30 buildings within the space had been evacuated.
In 2018, round 1 kilometer (0.62 mile) from the tragedy, three buildings thought of not match for habitation collapsed, killing eight folks.
The mayor of Marseille stated a parallel couldn’t be drawn, whereas the prosecutor stated the buildings that collapsed on Sunday weren’t identified to have any structural issues.
“Thoughts are with Marseille,” President Emmanuel Macron stated in a Twitter message. —Reuters
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
