The event occurred in the fifth district of the French capital. The explosion caused a fire that affected several buildings, reported the authorities, where there are at least 16 injured.
This Wednesday a strong burst shocked the city Paris and left at least 16 injured, 7 of them in a critical state of health. Local police urged the population to avoid the area.
The event occurred in the fifth district of the French capital. The explosion caused a fire that affected several buildings, authorities reported on Twitter. Videos and images of the moment in which the fire took over the Parisian streets began to circulate on social networks.
Paris burns: explosion caused panic in the 5th arrondissement
According to official sources of FranceAccording to preliminary data, 16 people have been injured so far, 7 of them extremely seriously. The explosion started a fire that has already spread to other buildings.
The French Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmannsaid that a fire was breaking out in the rue Saint-Jacques, in the fifth arrondissement of Parisnear the Jardin du Luxembourg and the Sorbonne University.
The explosion started a fire that has already spread to other buildings. According to the vice mayor of Paris, Edouard Civel, it is a gas explosion. Currently, firefighters and rescue teams are working at the scene.
According to the first police leaks, the origin of the spectacular fire is clear: the bursting of a pipeline or a gas cylinder. But the circumstances of the presumed accident, in an important historical neighborhood, are poorly known.
The explosion occurred between the Val de Grace Hospital and the Pantheon, two national monuments and institutions, in a neighborhood that was once a student, where there are many charming but very old buildings, built between the 18th and 19th centuries.
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