Rescue workers in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille were scrambling to find eight people unaccounted for on Sunday after an apartment building collapsed following a major explosion, officials said. | ManilaBulletin
Rescue workers in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille were scrambling to find eight people unaccounted for on Sunday after an apartment building collapsed following a major explosion, officials said.
Emergency workers continued rescue operations at night with the help of a crane and lights, but a persistent fire underneath the rubble has hampered their work. "I was sleeping and there was this huge blast that really shook the room. I was shocked awake as if I had been dreaming," said Saveria Mosnier, who lives in a street near the site in the La Plaine neighbourhood.
Marseille mayor Benoit Payan thanked rescue workers on Twitter and said they were "determined" to find survivors. "We must hold on to hope," he said. Two buildings next to the destroyed property were severely damaged, with one collapsing later in the day without injuring any rescuers.An aid centre for people looking for missing family members or loved ones has been opened in a neighbouring district."A lot of families in the neighbourhood are afraid," said Arnaud Dupleix, the president of a parents' association at the nearby Tivoli elementary school, which sprang into action to coordinate aid for those evacuated.
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