2 dead, 9 missing after a building collapsed in Paris

"There is hope of finding them alive," said firefighters spokesman, working with a brigade of trained and noted that search efforts can last up to 48 hours dogs. 

Apparently the building had a metal structure that may have created internal pockets in the rubble where the missing can be found. 

Blast demolishes building on the outskirts of Paris, at least 2

A four-story building in a suburb of Paris on Sunday morning collapsed after an explosion, killing a child and an elderly woman, while rescuers searched through rubble for people still missing. 

About 150 rescuers worked with trained to try to find missing persons six dogs, said the prefect of Seine-Saint-Denis, Philippe Galli. 

An 8-year-old died in the collapse of the building and firefighters found unconscious in a 80 year old woman who died while being removed from the rubble, the Fire Department spokesman, said Gabriel Plus.