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.

The Olympic flame spent 12 days at sea before arriving in the French port of Marseille on a three-mast ship for a ceremony kicking off the Paris 2024 Games season.

Firefighters gather near the street where a building collapsed early on April 9, 2023 in Marseille, southern France. AP Firefighters work after building collapsed early on April 9, 2023 in ...

Lucas Poujade, 23, a business student from the Auvergne region of central France, was on vacation near Marseille and decided to come witness the festivities. “This is once in a lifetime,” he said.

Olympic flame arrives in France ahead of 2024 Paris Games 03:06. Paris — Crowds started gathering early Wednesday morning around Marseille's Old Port as a 19th century sailing ship carrying the ...

Torchbearers are carrying the Olympic flame through the streets of France’s southern port city of Marseille, the first leg of an 11-week journey across the country. The torch will be carried by ...