After the drama, the hopes. Last night, a building collapsed in downtown Marseille. A search is underway to find possible victims after the collapse of a four-storey apartment building in central Marseille. Gérald Darmanin, dispatched to the scene, established an initial assessment: “There are between four and ten people under the rubble”, but the search is hampered by the fire still in progress under the buildings, thus preventing intervention dogs and rescuers and slowing down the search for the buried residents of 17, rue de Tivoli.
Emmanuel Macron reacted to this terrible incident on Twitter. The President of the Republic “is thinking of those affected and their loved ones. Research continues with significant resources deployed. He wished to underline the investment of the authorities on the spot. “Thank you to the firefighters and rescuers mobilized. »
The head of state is not the only member of the government to have spoken. Élisabeth Borne, the Prime Minister, also spoke on Twitter: “I follow with attention and emotion the situation in Marseille where a building collapsed last night. I extend my full support to the rescue teams and the inhabitants of Marseille. The Minister of the Interior goes there. »
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, former deputy for the city of Marseille, also expressed himself on Twitter, regretting this tragedy: “Marseille still hit. Why does misfortune knock so often at the same door? Referring to the collapse of two unsanitary buildings on rue d’Aubagne in November 2018, which killed eight people in the city center of Marseille.
Olivier Klein, the Minister of Housing, intervened this morning on France Info to clarify the situation. According to him, this terrible incident took place in “a very different setting”.
However, according to the minister, “we may have to expect casualties”: a still “very provisional” toll reports five injured. “All the people who are supposed to be in this building have not yet been seen, and families are worried about their loved ones,” said Olivier Klein.
