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November 07, 2018 11:43:47
French rescue teams found a fourth body in the ruins of two buildings that collapsed in the city of Marseille, in the south of the country.
Key points:
- A condemned building became vacant, the other was inhabited
- Third building demolished to avoid other disasters
- Dozens of residents were evacuated from the city. Nearby apartments
A spokesman for the Marseilles Fire Department told The Associated Press that a woman's body had been found Tuesday night (local time) in the rubble, several hours after the bodies two men and another woman.
Several other people are missing.
The two buildings gave way to where they were Monday morning, collapsing in a cloud of dust and leaving behind huge piles of debris.
On Tuesday, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said that "air pockets" under the debris meant "the hope of finding and finding somebody". one who could be saved ".
million. Castaner said that 120 policemen and 80 firemen The fighters took part in the rescue effort and worked all night in the pile of beams and rubble.
The buildings collapsed Monday around 9 am (local time) in a street near the famous Old Port of Marseille, at the edge of the Mediterranean Sea.
Eight residents and two men registered on Mr. Castaner earlier told Blue Blue that a security camera walking in the buildings just before the collapse was gone.
A building had 12 apartments, France 24 reporting that nine of them were occupied.
The other building had been convicted and sentenced.
Nearly 100 firefighters arrived at the scene to search for the victims.
"It's a race against the clock, said housing minister Julien Denormandie on Monday.
" It is urgent to determine if it is possible to save people. "
Previously, searches had been halted, fearing that a nearby building would collapse, firefighters noting that the buildings were" visibly weakened "after the collapse.
Fire fighting deliberately destroyed the majority of a third building late in the afternoon, evacuating about 100 residents from neighboring apartments.
The search for survivors continued late Monday night .
"In Marseilles tonight [authorities] devotes all his energy to his rescue and destruction," said Mr. Castaner. says on Twitter.
"Every minute counts, so long as there is hope, we can go on."
One of the buildings was clearly in poor condition, with recessed windows and large cracks visible on the facade before it collapsed. [19659008] Two people who were on the street when the buildings collapsed were treated for minor injuries.
Firefighter crews working with sniffer dogs then shot down the remains of a third building which they feared they would fall down.
In a Facebook account After the announcement, Mr. Gaudin said recent heavy rains may have contributed to the collapse, but the exact cause was not known.
AP / ABC
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November 06, 2018 19:03:17
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