The desperate search for victims continued Sunday in Marseille, France, after an explosion collapsed a residential building and caused a fire to burn underneath the rubble.

On board, the massive nine-metre-wide coil, which weighs 200 tonnes had been tightly wrapped to withstand a two-week trip to Marseille, southern France.

MARSEILLE, France — Eight people remained missing after the building they lived in exploded and collapsed early Sunday near the port of Marseille, leaving mounds of burning debris hampering ...

The collapse occurred shortly before 1 a.m. on Sunday, in an old quarter in the center of Marseille, France’s second-largest city, less than half-mile from its iconic old port.