Image: NICOLAS TUCAT (AFP)
A fire prevents the rescue workers from looking for possible victims in the rubble, said Mayor Benoît Payan. The two adjacent buildings were also damaged. A gas explosion may have caused the collapse, said the region’s prefect, Christophe Mirmand, to the AFP news agency.
The streets around the collapsed building were cordoned off. Numerous emergency services were on the spot. According to Payans, eleven residents were brought to safety from the two houses next to the collapsed building. There are two injured. As a precaution, other houses in the street were also evacuated. Emergency accommodation was set up in a school for the residents.
In November 2018, two buildings collapsed in Marseilles eight people died. Both houses were in dire need of renovation.
Source: Nachrichten
