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| No confirmation from emergency services of explosions in Marseille despite Twitter reports | |
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| Numerous reports on Twitter have claimed several explosions have been heard in the French Riviera city of Marseille. There has been no official confirmation from rescue services . | Numerous reports on Twitter have claimed several explosions have been heard in the French Riviera city of Marseille. There has been no official confirmation from rescue services . |
| Alarmed residents wrote that they have heard blasts and that the walls and windows of their houses shook. | Alarmed residents wrote that they have heard blasts and that the walls and windows of their houses shook. |
| There has been no confirmation of any explosions from the city rescue services or city council. | There has been no confirmation of any explosions from the city rescue services or city council. |
| “The explosion was felt on the wall [of my house] and the window trembled,” one person wrote on Twitter. | “The explosion was felt on the wall [of my house] and the window trembled,” one person wrote on Twitter. |
| One Marseille resident claimed that there were at least two “powerful detonations” that hit the city. | One Marseille resident claimed that there were at least two “powerful detonations” that hit the city. |
| “I hear the sound of sirens,” one person added. | “I hear the sound of sirens,” one person added. |
| It is not yet clear where exactly in Marseille the alleged blast or blasts took place. | It is not yet clear where exactly in Marseille the alleged blast or blasts took place. |
| “I heard a boom [sound],” another person wrote. | “I heard a boom [sound],” another person wrote. |
| Some suggested that the sound was made by a plane, possibly a fighter aircraft, which had broken the sound barrier. | |
| “We also heard an explosion but its origin is a mystery so far,” one firefighter told La Provence. |