The Latest Breaking News from Marseille

Marseille (AFP) - An apartment building collapsed in an apparent explosion Sunday in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille, injuring five people, with authorities warning up to 10 victims could be under the burning rubble.

Eight people are not responding to calls and are thought to be under the rubble of two buildings that collapsed in an explosion early on Sunday in the southern French city of Marseille, local officials said.

The mayor of the French port city of Marseille said on Monday "there is still hope" of finding survivors after a building collapsed following an explosion. Eight people were unaccounted for after the apartment building collapsed early on Sunday in the Mediterranean city.

Two bodies were found in the rubble of a building that collapsed in Marseille following a major explosion, the fire department announced on Monday morning.

At least three people were killed and eight others injured during three separate shootings overnight in the port city of Marseille. Read further on Dynamite News:

At least three people died and another eight were injured after a flare up in gang violence in the French port of Marseille on Sunday night, police said.

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