A residential building collapsed in the center of the French port city of Marseille on Sunday night. A fire is preventing rescuers from searching the rubble for possible victims, Mayor Benoît Payan said. Two adjacent buildings were also damaged. A gas explosion may have caused the collapse, the region’s prefect Christophe Mirmand told AFP news agency.
The streets around the collapsed building were closed off. Numerous emergency services were on the scene. According to Payans, eleven residents from the two houses next to the collapsed building have been brought to safety. There are two injured. Other houses in the street were also evacuated as a precaution. Emergency shelter was set up in a school for the residents.
In November 2018, eight people died when two buildings collapsed in Marseille. Both houses were in urgent need of renovation.
Source: Krone
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