302 people were evacuated, 89 of them were temporarily relocated

Since the collapse of two buildings in Marseille last Sunday, 302 residents have been evacuated, announced Tuesday April 11, in the evening, on franceinfo Yannick Ohanessian, deputy mayor of Marseille in charge of the battalion of marine firefighters and security . “For 89 of them, including 12 minors, we have set up accommodation solutions in hotels in the city”specifies the elected official, the others having “choose to stay with family or friends”.

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It is a temporary relocation, the time for the rescuers to continue the search in the rubble and to secure the building. For now, it is “impossible” to know when these inhabitants will be able to return to their homes. Waiting for, “from this Tuesday morning”some of the victims were able to return home to “recover personal effects” or pets that had stayed at home, assures Yannick Ohanessian.

The chosen one wanted to greet the “City services, the municipal police, the battalion of firefighters”who are mobilized to “accompany the evacuees and be present alongside the families of victims”.