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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.
#explosion au gaz? rue de Berite Paris 6e. Pompiers sur place pic.twitter.com/qifjCVJp2I
— Philippe Hermet (@phermet) April 1, 2016
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.
Explosion in Rue Jean François Gerbillon #Paris pic.twitter.com/mmz7wbGg1W
— gschievenini (@gschievenini) April 1, 2016
“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
