2018 collapse of the rue d'Aubagne
On 5 November 2018, two buildings, numbers 63 and 65 in Rue d'Aubagne, collapsed in the center of Marseille. Eight bodies were found in the rubble, when the search for survivors came to an end on 9 November. Over the following days, more than a thousand people, most of whom were from the ethnic minorities living in such buildings, were moved from their houses to safer accommodation.
After the collapse, the tenants of the houses in the center of Marseille cited laziness on the part of the town hall because most buildings in the center of Marseille are dilapidated and not maintained.
During a march to honour the victims on 10 November, which gathered 8000 people according to the authorities, a balcony collapsed, injuring three.
