Eight missing after fiery collapse of building in Marseille

Firefighters work on the building (AP)

Eight people remain missing after the building they lived in exploded and collapsed near the port of Marseille, French officials have said.

More than 100 firefighters worked to extinguish flames deep within the rubble of the five-storey building, but more than 17 hours later “the situation is not yet stabilised”, Marseille prosecutor Dominique Laurens told reporters.