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Paris explosion: Four in critical condition after blast (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

gas explosion

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there another source reporting that?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Witnesses reported smelling gas before it happened. BBC news report stated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A student at Ecole des Mines on Boulevard Saint-Michel told Le Parisien: "I was in front of the Val de Grâce, I heard a huge boom and I saw a ball of fire 20 or 30m high. And the building collapsed with a huge noise. I smelled gas, but took several minutes to come to my senses."