Body found in rubble after blast

MARSEILLES - Emergency workers found a body yesterday in the rubble of a building wrecked by a gas explosion in Marseilles and…

MARSEILLES - Emergency workers found a body yesterday in the rubble of a building wrecked by a gas explosion in Marseilles and said several other people were feared buried. The body of a Frenchman aged about 45 was the first confirmed death from the blast on Saturday morning that blew off the roof off the seven storey block, injuring 26 people.

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