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Rescuers are trying as best they can to help the victims of the collapse of a building in Marseille, Sunday, April 9. On the spot, the journalist Romain Fiorucci explains the difficulty of their task and the slowness of the operations.
After the collapse of a building in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), Sunday April 9, the journalist Romain Fiorucci, live on the spot, takes stock of the search for survivors. “We see two things. First, the smoke still coming out of the rubble, which means that the fire is still not extinguished, and also the slowness of the operations“, he explains from a building facing the damaged area. An 80-tonne crane slowly picks up, rubble after rubble, the debris.
At least nine people under the rubble
Drones observe the situation, while firefighters are busy and hope to find living victims. “Under this rubble, there are a priori at least nine people, including a couple in their thirties and elderly people“, specifies the journalist. In the district, the emotion is very strong, five years after a similar collapse which had affected Marseille in the rue d’Aubagne.