Six killed in Marseille building collapse after ‘gas blast’

Dominique Laurens said an investigation was opened on that basis after the first body was found in the building, which collapsed in an explosion early on Sunday

A fire engine is parked in a street near the scene where a building collapsed in Marseille (Bishr El Touni/AP)

Tue, 11 Apr, 2023 - 11:12

Associated Press Reporter

French investigators are treating the deaths of at least six people who were killed when a building collapsed in Marseille as an “involuntary homicide” caused by a gas explosion, a prosecutor said.

Dominique Laurens said an investigation was opened on that basis after the first body was found in the building, which collapsed in an explosion early on Sunday.