An eighth body - that of a woman - was taken out of the wreckage, this Friday in Marseille, after the collapse on Monday of two buildings, rue d'Aubagne in the district of Noailles.

The body of a woman was taken out of the rubble, Xavier Tarabeux, the public prosecutor in Marseilles, said on Friday, four days after the collapse of two buildings in the Phocaean city.

The bodies of five men and two women had already been found dead since the spontaneous collapse of these two dilapidated buildings. The authorities were looking for 8 people buried in the tragedy.