The number of injured rose to 37, four of them in critical condition, after a powerful explosion in Paris
a loud bang In different apartment buildings in Paris, the disease has so far infected 37 people, seven of whom are in critical condition, according to the police department.
the Explodes It was caused by a gas leak and happened in a rather old building, relatively close to the Pantheon of the illustrious men of the nation, and caused a Amazing fire Which seems to confirm new urban threats exacerbated by the heat wave.
At 5:20 pm on Wednesday, the Minister of the Interior, Gérard Darmanin, confirmed himself the seriousness of the fire that broke out on the avenue Saint-Jacques, in Fifth Districtthe old avenue of the Camino de Santiago, between Paris and Galicia, precipitating the facade of the building.
In Paris, temperatures of 28 degrees Celsius They have an important canal dimension. The French capital is not well prepared for high temperatures. Seven out of ten Parisians suffer from the excruciating heat. Even public services have little or no cooling or air conditioning.
According to the first police leaks, the source of the massive fire is clear: Pipeline or gas cylinder explosion. But the circumstances of the supposed accident, in an important historic neighborhood, are not well known.
Blast between the Val de Grace Hospital and the Pantheon, which are national monuments and institutions, in a once-student neighborhood, where there are many charming but very old buildings, built between the 18th and 19th centuries.
Residents of the fifth century, the blast of gaseous winds in the place of Alphonse Laveran in the quarter du Val de Grace, the buildings on fire, resting at a distance to allow the intervention of the pumps @employee
– Edouard Civel (Edouard Civel) June 21, 2023
Firefighters and security services acted very quickly. The area was quickly surrounded. The Home Office had called for “calm and caution”, effectively advising to avoid the immediate vicinity of the disaster.
he alive Where the fire occurred and the disaster occurred Described in various novels by Pio of Baruga. One of Balzac’s great novels, and the one with which The Human Comedy begins, Le Père goriot begins very close to a fire, where an old building still stands.
The mayor of the French capital, Anne Hidalgo, went to the scene, BFM TV reported. A witness cited in this series confirmed that the facade of one of the damaged buildings collapsed, although the authorities did not provide an initial balance to the potential victims.
