Paris explosion: Building engulfed in fire, 10 injured (Video)
Paris explosion: Building engulfed in fire, 10 injured (Video)

Paris explosion: Building engulfed in fire, 10 injured (Video)

At least 10 people were injured, including one in critical condition, during the explosion caused by gas in the sixth district of Paris, the firefight commander told BFMTV on Friday.

Pictures on social media showed thick clouds of black smoke billowing into the air after the incident in the city’s 6th arrondissement at around 12pm local time.

French media reported the blast had ripped apart the upper floors of a building on Berite Street and was believed to have been caused by a gas stove.

It was claimed fire crews had been called to a blaze in a ground floor apartment before the blast.

One witness told Le Parisien newspaper: “Firefighters were there for an hour and a half trying to intervene in a nearby building to extinguish a fire on the ground floor, when a huge explosion vibrated the whole neighborhood.

“It’s terrible I saw several firefighters taken away on stretchers.”

A secutiy perimeter was set up around the damaged building, with images showing fire crews standing amid the debris.

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Agencies/Canadajournal




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