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Marseille flats collapse kills ‘up to eight’ people

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As many as eight people were feared dead yesterday after two apartment blocks collapsed in southern French city Marseille. Rescuers worked through the night searching the rubble of the dilapidate­d buildings, which collapsed suddenly on Monday morning in Noailles, a working-class district in the heart of the city. A third adjoining building partially collapsed on Monday night. Prosecutor­s said the bodies of a man and woman were found yesterday under the 15-metre pile of rubble on Rue d’Aubagne, a narrow shopping street. Rescuers formed a human chain to remove the debris. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said five to eight people were missing.

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