Explosion in the centre of Paris on Saturday morning. The scene is a bakery. There are three Dead and many injured.
In Paris, took place on Saturday morning, a serious Explosion in a bakery, There are many wounded cause could rose have been a gas leak in a bakery
Update, 19.28 PM : After the heavy Explosion in the centre of Paris, the number of dead according to official data, on three. In addition to two firefighters, a Spanish tourist was killed, said a spokeswoman for the French interior Ministry on Saturday evening, the German press Agency. The Spanish foreign Minister, Josep Borrell wrote on Twitter that he deeply regrets the death of three people in the Explosion, including a Spanish woman.
the Dead firefighters – many of the injured
Update 13.45: By the violent Explosion in a bakery in the centre of Paris, two firefighters have been killed. The Prosecutor’s office informed on Saturday, and corrected earlier information from the authorities that four people had been killed in the probably due to a gas leak-triggered Explosion. Dozens of people were injured.
Update 13.30 PM: Meanwhile, there is a first balance sheet to the numbers of victims: 36 people were injured, a police spokeswoman said on Saturday. Twelve of them had severe injuries, five were in life-threatening danger. Among the severely injured three firefighters.
residents: the house was swaying in the Foundation
Update, 12 p.m.: A local resident from a nearby house BFMTV said: “I felt my house for one or two seconds in its foundations tottered. I was wondering if there was an assassination attempt, I had a bit of fear.“
Explosion in Paris: “situation under control” – guess to the cause
Update, 11.40 PM: , The police suspect, in the meantime, a gas leak as the cause of the Explosion in Paris. Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, Minister of the interior, Christophe Castaner, and the Paris Prosecutor Remy Heitz went to the scene of the incident. Around 100 police officers and 200 firefighters were, according to the Minister of the interior. The situation is under control, it was in the morning. Several people had been injured, said Castaner on Saturday morning, the TV station BFMTV. An exact number of injured, he didn’t call first. The balance sheet was “serious”. BFMTV reported that among the injured several firefighters.
initial report on the Explosion in Paris
In the centre of Paris, it arrived on Saturday morning to a violent Explosion. The police announced, there was an Explosion in a bakery in the 9th District. Several people were injured, the Background could have been a gas leak.
Explosion in Paris – a police spokeswoman
It says give to a fire, the Explosion in the Rue de Trévise was strong. A spokeswoman for the police told the German press Agency. The Explosion occurred about a Kilometer away from the Paris Opera.
cars and window panes in the environment
Initially, the fire brigade had been called because of the Leakage of Gas to the bakery. The Explosion occurred about a Kilometer away from the Paris Opera. Television pictures showed a massive Fire, smoke poured from the building. Several panes of glass in the area had been destroyed by the force of the Explosion, media reported. On the road debris were to be seen, the lower part of the building was ruined and was in flames. Also parked cars were damaged by the Explosion.
Several injured after Explosion in Paris
An AFP photographer saw at least one of the people, the firefighters on a Stretcher out of the building. The fire brigade tried to extinguish the flames and to bring people with the aid of ladders. Rescue forces served around a dozen injured on-the-spot, most of them were treated for head injuries.
