Marseille (update)

Marseille (update) - A fifth body, that of a man, has been found this morning in the rubble of buildings that collapsed two days earlier in the center of Marseille. Four victims, two women and two men, were recovered from the rubble on Tuesday.

As the investigation continues into the cause of the incident ,it’s been confirmed that only one of the buildings was inhabited with nine of the ten apartments being occupied. The building had been the subject of an appraisal and work in October.

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