Reports of explosion & evacuation in central Paris (possible gas explosion)

[Chad]

Reports of explosion & evacuation in central Paris
Published time: 1 Apr, 2016 10:29
Edited time: 1 Apr, 2016 10:45
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An explosion has rocked a residential building in central Paris, according to numerus photos and videos released on social media. Local residents have reportedly been evacuated.

The cause of the blast is as yet unknown. However, several Twitter users suggest it was a gas explosion.

Ambulances have been reportedly seen in the area of the incident.

The blast reportedly took place not far from Montparnasse area, on the left bank of the river Seine. It’s in the 6th administrative district of French capital, in close proximity to Ferrandi college.

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Kem Phetsomphou
‏@kemphetsomphou

Ho là là, j'ai senti la Tour Montparnasse bouger, c'est un souffle d'explosion dans le quartier, à côté d'une école

Pierre K.
‏@Pierre_Kch

Violente explosion dans un immeuble du 6eme arrondissement de Paris.

Giancarlo Schievenin ‎@gschievenini

Explosion in Rue Jean François Gerbillon #Paris
11:37 AM - 1 Apr 2016

Hugo Saadi ‎@Hugo_saadi

Explosion à Paris dans le 6eme.. Proche Ferrandi
11:24 AM - 1 Apr 2016

1-800-HENTAIBLING
‏@RetourDeBaton

YA UNE EXPLOSION ON EST ÉVACUÉS

 

[casper]

Police confirmed at least five people have been injured ,link:
http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/paris-explosion-streets-evacuated-after-7668782

 

[Chad]

France: 5 injured as huge explosion hits residential building in Paris
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Published on Apr 1, 2016

At least five people were injured after a hugh explosion rocked a residential building in the centre of Paris, Friday.

The blast toom place in the sixth administrative district of Paris, close to the Ferrandi college. Local residents have been evacuated and emergency services have been deployed at the scene, which was cordoned off by police.
Emergency at work services video

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Video of the building

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[Chad]

Haven't seen this up yet - and of course may not be related to the above.

Multiple casualties reported in powerful gas blast in northern France
Published time: 23 Apr, 2016 13:15
Edited time: 23 Apr, 2016 15:58
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A strong explosion has shaken a residential building in the town of Nonacourt, northern France, with casualties reported.

Le Point, citing police sources, reports that four people have been injured, while one is still unaccounted for.

“A person, who was in the apartment next to the one where the explosion occurred, has been wounded and is now hospitalized, with non-life-threatening injuries.

Another resident, who was in the apartment where the explosion occurred, was rescued from the rubble; she is in shock, injured but not seriously.

One more person is still missing, but it is possible he was out of the building at the time of the explosion,” the source was quoted as saying.

Reports also state that a part of the building has collapsed.

It is thought that the cause of the blast may have been a gas explosion.

Ambulance crews and some 140 firefighters are at the scene, working to recover more victims. Four emergency helicopters have been deployed to the location.

About 30 residents have been evacuated from the building following the blast, local media report.

Nonacourt is a town in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.

 

[Ca.]

This is today as mentioned by loreta.
Suspected gas leak triggers major blast in central Paris, reports of injuries (WATCH LIVE)
Published time: 12 Jan, 2019 08:32 Video tweets and photos
Snip:

According to French media, the blast, possibly ignited by a gas leak, occurred inside a bakery situated in Paris’ 9th district. The area, located on the right bank of the River Seine, is home to several places of interest, including the Paris Opera, Boulevard Haussmann, and the Theatre de Paris.
Firefighters showed up at the scene shortly after the explosion. Once they arrived, they had to evacuate people who were unable to leave buildings affected by the blast.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=371121290384481

 

[Ca.]

Was this an intentional set up? I don't mean to spread disfo, but any one could have come in after hours and opened a line.
But on the other hand, bakers bake all night, and or into the early morning hours, for the day's deliveries.

NYT
Paris Explosion at Bakery Leaves at Least 4 Dead and Over 30 Injured
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The explosion occurred on a residential street in an area of Paris that is also well known to tourists, with many hotels and attractions nearby, including the Grévin wax museum and the Folies Bergère music hall.

One person wrote on Twitter: “Woke up to the apartment building shaking as if I had never left California … not an earthquake, but an explosion on Rue de Trévise not even a mile from me.” Another person wrote of hearing screams.

Residents told French television that firefighters had been responding to reports of a gas leak in the neighborhood and were ordering residents to turn off their gas supply and stay inside when the explosion occurred.

Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, said on Twitter that all those who had been affected by the explosion, who were in need of shelter or who were looking for information about the blast could seek help at the 9th Arrondissement Town Hall.

Many apartment buildings in Paris use gas for heating and other purposes, but deadly explosions because of leaks are rare. In 2016, an explosion caused by a gas leak in the 6th Arrondissement tore off the roof of an apartment building and wounded 17 people

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1084043411387285504

Natural gas Hmm?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1068935702564478976

News about Rue de Trevise on Twitter

 

[loreta]

Me too I think it is very suspicious... But me I am a person who sees conspirations everywhere. It seems that the neighbour is for people who have money, I mean maybe with rich people? so verification of gas should be at day! But who knows. I think it is strange that this happened justly today, when the 9th meeting of the Gilets jaunes.

 

[loreta]

At Tweeter I just see news from this explosion. Nothing about the Gilets jaunes. Is your rat whiskers moving?

 

[loreta]

Two firefighter have died. How sad

https://twitter.com/x/status/1084098003630256129

 

[Ca.]

Update: This was one hell of a blast. Don't mean be a dramatist. Just finding different accounts and pic's of this puzzle.

Massive explosion rocks Paris bakery after reported gas leak
Category: | The Courier Mail
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He said that as he approached the scene, a woman was crying for help from the first floor of a building: “Help us, help us, we have a child”.

“I was sleeping and woke up by the blast wave,” Claire Sallavuard, who lives on the Rue de Trevise where the explosion occurred, told AFP.

“All the windows in the apartment exploded, doors were blown off their hinges, I had to walk on the door to leave the room, all the kids were panicking, they couldn’t get out of their room,” she said.

Rescuers eventually used a ladder to evacuate the family, who lived on the first floor.

Another witness told The Associated Press that she was awakened by the blast and feared it was another terrorist attack.

The blast rattled an already apprehensive city, which was on lockdown across the CBD due to the weekly violent protests by the gilet jaunes, or “yellow jackets’’ who are seeking to unseat French President Emmanuel Macron.

Authorities said 32,000 protesters took to the streets across the country.

The Observer
Paris bakery 'gas explosion' kills three

The explosion, which happened just before 9am, was heard a mile away. Dozens of firefighters, police and ambulances rushed to the scene and rapidly sealed off surrounding streets, many of them cloaked in a thick cloud of acrid smoke.

The bakery owner, Hubert Beatrix, watched shocked as dozens of firefighters struggled to put out the blaze and evacuate residents of nearby buildings.

“I have no idea what happened. There’s no gas in my shop apart from a small supply for heating. My ovens are electric,” Beatrix said.
“The shop was closed, luckily for me and my customers. Someone called me to tell me about this, but I still don’t know what happened.”

RIP

https://twitter.com/x/status/1084181971952115713

Translated from French by Microsoft
Tribute: Simon Cartannaz (left) and first-class sapper Nathanael Janjua, were respectively 28 and 27 years old. They died this morning street in due to the #Trevise #Paris#explosion gas in the bakery "Hubert" which was closed. #12Janvier

 

[Chad]

Sputnik reports there was a gas explosion in Rostov, Russia: 1 dead, 5 injured in gas explosion at apartment block in Rostov, Russia. There's a list under the article of some recent gas related (or similar) explosions and fires.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1084742833842593792

• Suspected 'gas leak' triggers explosion in central Paris, reports of injuries - UPDATE (12th January 2019)
• 4 killed, 35 missing after gas explosion rips through residential building in Russia - UPDATE (31st December 2018)
• Surge at ConEd substation casts eerie blue glow over New York (28th December 2018)
• Mine bursts into flames killing 9 in Solikamsk, Russia (23rd December)
• 13 dead in Czech coal mine methane explosion (21st December 2018)
• Towns burn after 'apocalyptic' explosions tear across Northern Massachusetts (14th September 2018)

 

[Chad]

And another, this time at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 campus, France: Huge gas explosion at university in Lyon, France

https://twitter.com/x/status/1085823077286641664

 

[Cosmos]

Anyone noticed that there appears to be quite a number of Gas Explosions happening in various places in the world lately? Here is the latest in France:

Lyon university EXPLOSION: Fireballs erupt in in France - AVOID area

Before that we had one in Russia recently as well.

 

[loreta]

Is the gas in France coming from Russia?

ps. Just to answer this question myself and for information here we can see from where the gas in France is coming.

 

[loreta]

Anyone noticed that there appears to be quite a number of Gas Explosions happening in various places in the world lately? Here is the latest in France:

Lyon university EXPLOSION: Fireballs erupt in in France - AVOID area

Before that we had one in Russia recently as well.

This is a huuuuuuge explosion!!!!