Sharp-eyed man’s warning before building in France collapses saves lives

Lille resident was returning home about 3am when he saw cracks appearing in a four-storey building and alerted emergency services

A four-storey building has collapsed in the northern French city of Lille but no deaths have been reported so far, thanks to a resident's advance warning, French authorities said.

Lille firefighters said they rescued one person from the rubble with only light injuries. The search for any others possibly trapped in the rubble was continuing before an investigation begins into why the building collapsed on Saturday morning.