French Rescue Workers Find 6th Body in Rubble of Collapsed Marseille Buildings

French Rescue Workers Find 6th Body in Rubble of Collapsed Marseille Buildings
A firefighter stands on a fire truck after a building collapsed in Marseille, France, on April 9, 2023, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. BFMTV/via Reuters
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PARIS—French rescue workers have found a sixth body in the rubble of buildings in the southern city of Marseille that collapsed following an explosion, a spokesperson for the police said on Monday.

Authorities had said earlier that they had identified eight people missing following Sunday’s explosion, which destroyed two residential buildings and caused a third to partially collapse. The cause of the blast is still unknown.