MARSEILLE, France: Two bodies were found in the rubble of a building that collapsed in Marseille following a major explosion, French authorities said early Monday, as rescue workers scrambled to find at least six people still unaccounted for.
The discovery of the bodies came about 24 hours after the blast brought down the four-storey building in the Mediterranean port city. Emergency workers had continued rescue operations through Sunday night into the early hours of Monday with the help of a crane and lights, but a persistent fire underneath the rubble hampered their work, making it difficult for firefighters to deploy sniffer dogs.
I was shocked awake as if I had been dreaming,' said Saveria Mosnier, who lives on a street near the site in the La Plaine neighborhood.'We very quickly smelled a strong gas odour that hung around, we could still smell it this morning,' she added.Deputy mayor Yannick Ohanessian told journalists at the scene that 'several witnesses have reached us this morning to say there was a suspicious smell of gas.
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