Marseille, France
Buildings collapse: At least six people were killed after two dilapidated apartment buildings collapsed in central Marseille this week, leading angry residents to complain about the quality of housing for the city’s poorest tenants. The buildings—one inhabited, one condemned—gave way at about 9 a.m.; two people in the street were treated for slight injuries. Locals said they had for years warned the city that the cracked and listing buildings were structurally unsafe. “It’s hell here,” said local resident Toufik Ben Rhouma. “And now people die for nothing.” A 2015 government report found that 100,000 people in Marseille were living in dangerous houses. Little has changed since then, said former buildings inspector Christian Nicol, who described Marseille as the European city with “the most decaying housing.”