A building under construction on the Palm Beach site in Cannes partly collapsed on Tuesday at midday and a worker remained for nearly an hour under the rubble,

the Departmental Service told

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. fire and rescue services (Sdis) in the Alpes-Maritimes.

Released shortly before 1 p.m., he was transported to a hospital in Nice.

In the end, he would only be slightly injured.

Medicalized on site, the injured man in his forties was "stuck in his backhoe loader" under the rubble, specifies the city of Cannes.

The site "largely weakened by the collapse"

It is a slab of the complex, in full renovation to the east of the city of festivals, which gave way while workers were nearby.

But the accident a priori made only one injured.

“No other personnel are missing, also indicated a source from Sdis 06. The stranded man remained conscious”.

Nearly fifty firefighters are mobilized on site and were able to get the victim out "while securing the site which was largely weakened by the collapse", according to the emergency services.

An investigation has been opened to determine whether the accident is the cause of breaches of safety rules.

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