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No confirmation from emergency services of explosions in Marseille despite Twitter reports Fighter jet breaking sound barrier behind ‘explosion’ sounds in Marseille
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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 . Marseille residents took to Twitter on Friday saying sounds resembling those of explosions had been heard in the city. Police later explained that the noise which caused the concern was the sound of a fighter aircraft breaking the sound barrier.
Later AFP cited local police, who said that the loud noise was a fighter aircraft breaking the sound barrier.
Earlier on Friday, alarmed residents tweeted that they heard blasts and that the walls and windows of their houses shook.
According to an AFP journalist on the scene, it was a Rafale jet making a flight test for the army.
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.“We also heard an explosion but its origin is a mystery so far,” one firefighter told La Provence.