Ten people are feared to be trapped under rubble after an apartment block in Marseille collapsed following an explosion. 

Officials said they expected fatalities as firefighters struggled to tackle a blaze in the residential part of La Plaine district.

Five people have been taken to hospital and dozens of residents have been moved after the collapse of the building shortly after midnight on Sunday.

Witnesses spoke of hearing an explosion before the four-storey building on rue Tivoli buckled in on itself and fell.

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