Toll 13 in French Blast
From United Press International
TOULON, France — French authorities said Thursday that at least 13 people died when an office building in the Mediterranean city of Toulon collapsed in a suspected gas explosion.
Rescue workers pulled out a 13th body after working through the night following the explosion Wednesday in Toulon, about 450 miles southeast of Paris, police said. Thirty-six people were injured in the blast.
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