2023-06-21 19:58:00
A total of 230 firefighters are engaged on site as well as 9 doctors.
The four people seriously injured in the collapse of a building in the center of Paris on Wednesday have their vital prognosis engaged and 33 other people are injured more slightly, announced Gérald Darmanin. “There was no warning preceding this explosion. We do not know its origin” at this stage, said the Minister of the Interior, during a press briefing on the spot.
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According to the Paris firefighters, who mobilized 70 machines, “an explosion (…) caused the collapse of two buildings”. The facts occurred on rue Saint-Jacques, near the Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce church.
“There is nothing to determine the origin of the disaster” at this stage, said the Paris prosecutor’s office, which opened an investigation for involuntary injuries. The Paris judicial police are seized. “A fire is underway rue Saint-Jacques, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. The Paris firefighters intervene. Please do not interfere with their intervention and avoid the area”, tweeted Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
We heard a huge explosion around 4:50 p.m.
There are stones in the yard
Many fire trucks were dispatched and a hose sprayed water on the building. The last important event of this type dates back to January 12, 2019. On that day, a strong explosion caused by a gas leak blew the rue de Trévise, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, killing four people including two firefighters, injuring 66 others and leaving some 400 victims.
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