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At least two people were slightly injured in the collapse of two dilapidated houses in central Marseille. A third house was destroyed during the release. There are fears of death among the rubble.
Monday was searched in vain for possibly buried. Housing Minister Julien Denormandie spoke to the press about a "race against the clock". According to several media, the forces destroyed Monday night a third building that also threatened to collapse. Firefighters had decided to use an excavator – the wall of the third house collapsed, which had been uninhabited and locked since 2012.
According to Interior Minister Castaner, the rubble of this third building crushed the debris of the first two collapsed houses. This leaves hope to the survivors. "As long as there is any doubt, we will seek," however badured the Minister of the Interior.
Ten missing persons
According to the president of the region, Renaud Muselier, among the missing persons were a woman who had not taken her daughter back to school and another "who never left her house".
On the images taken in July of the online map service, Google Maps shows that the two buildings of Aubagne Street at this time already had many cracks. Image: Google Maps
Rescuers were looking for possible survivors. More than 100 firefighters were on duty. The searches could take days. The Criminal Investigation Department has begun to investigate the cause of the accident.
The accident caused great consternation. The head of the French state, Emmanuel Macron, badured the people concerned "the solidarity of the whole nation".
Died under the rubble suspected
The two houses collapsed Monday morning in the port city of southern France. The two wounded were pbadersby.
Emergency services buckle the area after the collapse of a building #Marseille, Authorities have yet to confirm. [05 November] #Fivosi#Collapse#La Francepic.twitter.com/qtYNaA6xoQ– Fivosi (@FivosiGlobal) November 5, 2018
Dozens of residents of the adjacent apartments have been made safe. The collapsed houses were in a small shopping street in the city center. According to the authorities, one of the houses was empty because it was dilapidated. According to Minister Denormandie, about ten people lived in the other building, also under construction.
"What matters is that we find as few victims as possible," said Marseille Mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin. However, he badumes that you are going to die. The search for potential victims must be continued all night.
Photos and videos only showed rubble and rubble. In the narrow lane were mountains of scree. Dozens of rescue teams searched dogs for potential victims. The photos on Google Maps showed that the frontages of both houses had big cracks.
"This dramatic accident could be due to heavy rains that fell in recent days in Marseille," he said about the city.
The houses of the poor are collapsing
Several opposition representatives have complained about the city's housing policy. "These are the houses of the poor who are collapsing – and this is not a coincidence," said leftist political leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, according to several media. Mélenchon has his constituency in Marseille and went on the scene Monday.
According to eyewitnesses, people were in one of the buildings at the time of the collapse, according to the French news agency AFP. "I live next door. When I watched TV, I heard a loud noise but no explosion. Then there was a cloud of smoke, "said a neighbor of AFP.
The owner of an apartment in one of the collapsed houses said that this week he was scheduled to work on the 200-year-old house. Marseille is known for its houses and sometimes dilapidated apartments. Socialist Senator Samia Ghali spoke of a failure of housing policy and downtown.
(Nag / chk / SDA)
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