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Added on the 15/02/2022 14:46:08 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Firefighters pick through the still-smouldering ruins of a 14-storey apartment building for the more than a dozen people reported missing after a fire ravaged the block of flats in the Spanish port city of Valencia, claiming the lives of at least four people. Experts say the building was covered with highly flammable cladding, which could account for the rapid spread of the blaze after it broke out on the fourth floor at around 5:30 pm (1630 GMT) on February 22. IMAGES
The Var fire brigade has released images of a violent blaze that broke out in the Var region in southern France. Hundreds of firefighters have been battling the flames in the hinterland of Saint-Tropez since Monday, where thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated. IMAGES
The search for Lina, a 15-year-old girl who disappeared last September in the Bas-Rhin region, resumes at the Anould site (Vosges). IMAGES
Rescuers are searching through the rubble of a four-storey apartment building that collapsed in central Marseille, France's second city. At least five people have been injured in the incident and more casualties are expected, the city's mayor has warned. IMAGES
French and Turkish rescuers, searching through the rubble in the town of Osmaniye, southern Turkey, discover a body, before bringing it to an ambulance as a crowd waits anxiously near the ruins of a building in which seven people have been found dead, according to an official report given to AFP at 22:25 local time. Search operations like this are ongoing across southern Turkey and northern parts of neighbouring Syria after Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake, of which the death toll has reached over 12,000. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.