“I saw the floor collapse”, the chilling testimony of a survivor

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A building collapsed in the city center of Marseille, on the night of Saturday April 8 to Sunday April 9, dragging down part of the neighboring buildings. One of the survivors testifies.

It’s a shock wave that woke up the city of Marseilles (Bouches-du-Rhône), this Sunday, April 9. In the night, a four-storey building located at 17, rue de Tivoli, in the city center of Marseille, is collapsedprobably following a blast. The collapse “dragged in its fall part of the [bâtiments mitoyens du] 15 and 19” of the street, declared the mayor Benoît Payan to the journalists on the spot, as the racarries South West. According to Gérald Darmanin, who visited the site, “between four and ten people” could be under the rubble of the building. A fire being still in progress, the firefighters cannot deploy all their means to find the possible victims.

For the moment, nearly one hundred and eighty people, as well as around thirty surrounding buildings, have been evacuated, while five residents of neighboring buildings have been injured. Among them, Rolandliving on the fourth floor of 15, rue de Tivoli. survivor of the tragedyhe testified to our colleagues from Provence. “We heard a huge explosion. I immediately went to see my two children”began this young father. When we tried to leave the building, I saw the floor of the third floor collapse. We took refuge on the terrace before being evacuated by the large ladder of the firefighters”he continued.

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“We walked barefoot on the vere”

Once pulled out of the building by the emergency services, Roland, his wife and two children experienced a real horror scene. “We walked barefoot on the glass”, actually told the young man. Like many survivors, the family was able to find comfort and be rehoused with loved ones. “We were able to drop the children off with the family”said the father. “We are now trying to get answers for the future, but nothing is very clear”then lamented the Marseillais, who claims to have “lost everything” in this collapse. According to our colleagues, Roland and his wife were directed to a gymnasium to be identified and to benefit from medical and psychological care.

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