2023-06-22 00:50:51
An explosion took place this Wednesday afternoon rue Saint-Jacques, in the fifth arrondissement of Paris. It is in a building which adjoins the Val-de-Grâce that the explosion occurred, at 4:55 p.m. It notably hosts the Paris American Academy. All the windows of the annex buildings exploded.
It was in a three-storey building at 277 rue Saint-Jacques that an explosion occurred this Wednesday around 5 p.m.
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According to the Paris prosecutor’s office, “a building caught fire and partially collapsed”, near the Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce church. The building notably houses the Paris American Academy, a fashion school.
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Impressive smoke escaped rue Saint-Jacques. Adjacent buildings were seriously damaged. Residents of nearby buildings were evacuated.
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Nearly 270 firefighters arrived on the scene with 70 vehicles. According to a source close to the investigation, the preferred hypothesis at this stage is that a gas leak is the cause of the explosion.
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The firefighters “prevented the spread of the fire to two adjoining buildings which were seriously destabilized by the explosion”, according to the prefect of police, Laurent Nuñez.
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The fire was contained around 6:40 p.m., according to the Paris police chief. He said that “research is still taking place under the rubble” to find possible victims.
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A wounded man is evacuated on a stretcher. At midnight, the toll was 37 injured, four of them in serious condition.
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The windows of the surrounding buildings exploded, debris flew.
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The firefighters of Paris were strongly mobilized and should search for possible victims all night, in the rubble.
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The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo (in the center), quickly went to the scene. Laurent Nunez, the prefect of police, and Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, also came.
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