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Marseille (AFP) – The search for possible survivors continued all night from Tuesday to Wednesday, nearly 48 hours after the collapse of several dilapidated buildings in the city center of Marseille, a disaster that has made at least four dead.
Engaged in a race against the clock, rescuers who have just experienced their second night of research, will continue Wednesday to search the mbadive pile of rubble caused by the collapse of two buildings Monday morning, in the very popular area of Noailles, in the hyper-center of Marseille.
Four bodies, two men and two women who could not be identified Tuesday night were out of the rubble, but the authorities fear to find more victims under the rubble.
"Very, very likely five people", as well as "three visitors" were in one of the collapsed buildings, at number 65 rue d'Aubagne, said Tuesday night the public prosecutor of Marseille, Xavier Tarabeux, while the chances of finding survivors diminish over time.
There is "little chance that we can find pockets of survival," warned Monday night Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, the collapse of a third building, at 67 rue, in the end afternoon, having crashed the rubble in the morning.
After the disaster, the authorities announced that the search could last several days, the rubble that has piled up to 15 meters deep.
An excavator lends a hand to rescuers to clear the largest debris while dog teams with specialized dogs climb the mounds for clues. But torrential rains on Monday night and Tuesday morning slowed down relief and increased risks.
– 105 evacuees –
In small groups, many residents of the adjacent buildings were able to access their homes Tuesday afternoon to recover personal belongings, but they were forbidden to stay in the buildings for security, said the prefect of Pierre region. Dartout.
One hundred and five people evacuated for security reasons have been relocated in 60 hotel rooms in the city center, said the mayor, pointed out by the inhabitants of the rue d'Aubagne who castigate the poor condition of the neighborhood buildings.
Of the two buildings that collapsed, the 63 was "closed and walled", according to the city council, which had bought it after taking a peril in 2008. Just like the 67 which was abandoned and walled since the summer 2012 and collapsed partially during research.
On the other hand, at number 65, 9 apartments out of 10 were inhabited. In joint ownership, it had been the object on October 18th "of an expertise of the competent services which had given place to the work of comforting allowing the reintegration of the occupants", badured the town hall.
"It's hell here, they know it's shit and people are dying for nothing," AFP resident Toufik Ben Rhouma told AFP on Tuesday, saying the collapses are "100 percent the fault of the town hall ".
"It's full of badroaches, there is damage on the ceiling of the water that flowed, all this, the town hall knew it, I had someone come (from the town hall NDLR) there is less a year thanks to the social worker, but the owner has knowledge at the town hall, so they did nothing, "she accused Anissa Ali Souali who rented a studio with her husband and three children in the street.
The mayor who has advanced the hypothesis of heavy rains of the last days to explain the disaster, defended himself by emphasizing "the enormous work" done (for) the eradication of the unworthy habitat ".
Since 2011, the municipality has undertaken a vast redevelopment plan for the city center, but without being able to really remedy the problem. According to a report submitted to the government in 2015, unworthy housing threatens the health or safety of 100,000 inhabitants of Marseille.
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