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On 8 April 2023, a building collapsed in Marseille, a city in southern France, killing eight people. [1] [2] In the event, two buildings exploded and fell, while a third partially collapsed and caught fire, complicating rescue operations. Although the origin of the explosion is yet uncertain, a gas leak may have played a role.
1905 – Watson Street Lodging House fire in Glasgow, Scotland on November 19, killed 39. [6] 1908 – Rhoads Opera House fire, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killed 170. [7] 1908 – Parker Building, New York City, January 10. 1908 – Collinwood school fire, in Collinwood, Ohio (soon absorbed by Cleveland), on March 4, killed 175.
Number 63 was unoccupied, belonging since 2016 to the economic improvement company Marseille Habitat, but number 65 was occupied with people living in the building. Eight bodies were found in the rubble, [3] [4] [5] when the search for survivors came to an end on 9 November. Emergency services immediately demolished the building next to number ...
The Château d'If (close up) The Château d'If with Marseille in the background. The Château d'If (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto dif]) is a fortress located on the Île d'If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago, situated about 1.5 kilometres (7 ⁄ 8 mile) offshore from Marseille in southeastern France. Built in the 16th century, it ...
Marseille [a] (French: Marseille; Provençal Occitan: Marselha) is a city in southern France, the prefecture of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the Provence region, it is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river.
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In Marseille, the city's largest public library, the Bibliothèque l'Alcazar , sustained fire damage. Its glass façade was badly damaged, but rioters were unable to enter the building. [70] Meanwhile, in Nanterre, a Holocaust memorial was defaced with anti-police slogans. [71] Rubbish burning in the street of Marseille, 29 June 2023