French rescue workers recover two bodies from rubble of collapsed buildings


A firefighter stands on a fire truck after a building collapsed in Marseille, France, April 9, 2023, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. BFMTV/via REUTERS

PARIS (Reuters) - French rescue workers have found two bodies in the rubble of buildings in the southern city of Marseille which collapsed following an explosion, the city's mayor said on Monday.

Authorities have previously said that nine people were believed missing after Sunday's explosion, which destroyed two residential buildings and caused a third to partially collapse. The cause of the blast is still unknown.

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