2 children among dead in France apartments blast

At least seven people, including two children, have been killed in an explosion and subsequent fire that occurred in apartment buildings in southern France on Monday. Officials said a search is ongoing for at least two people who are missing.

About 30 people were wounded or suffered psychological trauma in the explosion that occurred around 2 a.m. on the ground floor of a two-storey building, which was a grocery-sandwich bar. The fire then spread to neighboring buildings. The cause of the original explosion is not yet known.