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08:16 : Here are several images of the firefighters’ intervention in the area of the building that collapsed in Sanary-sur-Mer (Var), following an explosion.
(SDIS 83)
8:01 am : The people still wanted after the collapse of a building in Sanary-sur-Mer (Var) are a couple with a six-month-old child, France Bleu Provence learned from the Var firefighters.
08:02 : Captain Stéphane Nepper, of the Pompiers du Var, gave several details on franceinfo about the collapse of a building in Sanary-sur-Mer (Var). “Among the five people who were wanted, we have currently located two people in the rubble and their extraction is in progress. There are still three people missing.”, he explains. “Of the two people located, one is conscious and the other is unconscious.”
07:31 : Terrible images of the port district of #Sanary, which we discover this morning.We all hope that as many survivors as possible can be found in the rubble of this building.Huge gratitude to the 40 #firefighters of @ SDIS83 mobilized on the premises !
07:31 : The president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, Renaud Muselier, reacts on Twitter to the collapse of a building in Sanary-sur-Mer (Var). Five people are “probably stuck in the rubble”, according to firefighters.
07:32 : In its press release, the Var prefecture specifies that“a security perimeter has been established” around the building which collapsed after an explosion in Sanary-sur-Mer (Var). “The gas was cut off and a building located in the immediate vicinity was evacuated . “The city has opened a gymnasium for the reception of disaster victims.
07:32 : The explosion which caused the collapse of a building in Sanary-sur-Mer took place at 3:50 a.m. this morning, specifies the prefecture of Var in a press release. “The emergency services arrived at the scene detected a strong smell of gas “, adds the prefect. “Three people were taken care of, two of them in relative urgency. Two people were extracted from the rubble, one of whom was unconscious.”
07:33 : The collapse of this three-storey building in Sanary-sur-Mer (Var) took place following an explosion, the origin of which remains unknown, specify the firefighters. The number of people “probably blocked” (five at this stage) was established according to testimonies from the neighborhood, told AFP the communication officer of the Var firefighters. Four other people were taken care of by the emergency services.
07:33 : Five people are “probably stuck in the rubble” after the collapse of a building in Sanary-sur-Mer (Var), say the firefighters.