Drama in the capital. An explosion took place on Wednesday in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, causing a fire and then the collapse of a building. It is a former entrance pavilion of the Val-de-Grâce abbey, listed as a historical monument since 1932, which houses the “Paris American Academy”, a bilingual design school. At present, 37 people are injured, including 6 in absolute emergency, and the search under the rubble continues, with two people still missing.
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. In recent years, several dramatic explosions have occurred in France, causing great damage as well as deaths. Back on these events that marked the French.
Marseilles, rue de Tivoli
Last April, the city of Marseille was bereaved following the explosion of a building in the rue de Tivoli. The collapse of the building, caused by a gas leak on the first floor, caused the death of eight people. The violent explosion had also led to the collapse of part of the two adjoining buildings.
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Aubervilliers, rue André-Karman
One March 2022, an explosion occurred in an apartment building in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis) and injured 22 people. This explosion linked to a gas leak blew the fourth and last floor of this building on rue André Karman.
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Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, rue Arago
In February 2022, eight people, including a baby and a toddler, were killed in a fire caused by an explosion in the town of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque (Pyrénées-Orientales). Very quickly, the criminal track was considered by the investigators, who found traces of fire activators on the spot. Three suspects have been remanded in custody.
Sanary-sur-Mer, rue Jean-Jaurès
In December 2021, a three-storey apartment building collapsed after an explosion in Sanary-sur-Mer (Var). Three people were found dead under the rubble after the gas explosion. Abnormal overconsumption had been observed less than three hours before the tragedy.
Paris, rue de Treviso
In January 2019, a violent explosion occurred on rue de Trévise, in the 9th arrondissement of the capital. A tragedy that devastated the neighborhood and above all killed four people, including two firefighters who intervened on the gas leak, at the origin of the disaster.
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Annecy, rue du Forum
In November 2018, in Annecy (Haute-Savoie), two octogenarians were killed following a gas explosion in their apartment on the first floor. Six other people, including a firefighter, were slightly injured.
Paris, rue de Berite
On April 1, 2016, a violent gas explosion occurred in a building in the sixth arrondissement of the capital, at 4, rue Bérite. The blast left 17 injured, including one seriously among the firefighters, and ripped open the 6th floor and the roof of the building. The origin of this explosion was “domestic”, the origin of which was a gas cooker.
Rosny-sous-Bois, rue Victor-Hugo
In September 2014, a four-storey building located in Rosny-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis), in rue Victor-Hugo, was blown up by an explosion and caused the death of eight people and injured eleven. This accidental explosion was due to a faulty boiler which had generated an overconsumption of gas.
Marseilles, rue Peyssonnel
In January 2014, in Marseille, a gas-related explosion that led to a fire caused the death of a worker in his fifties who was working on the gas pipeline at the origin of the accident, and injured four. This particularly destructive fire had impacted 21 apartments, several of which had been almost destroyed.
Bondy, rue Jules-Guesde
In October 2007, the L’Étoile brasserie in the center of Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis) was blown up by a gas explosion. A gas pipeline pierced by the driver of a backhoe loader had caused an explosion, killing one person and injuring fifty, including thirty seriously.
Mulhouse, rue de la Marten
In December 2004, a gas explosion killed 18 people and injured 16 in an HLM in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), rue de la Martre. An in-depth investigation concluded with a leak on a gray cast iron pipe, leading to the indictment of GDF in April 2006, then to a conviction in June 2009.
Dijon, avenue Eiffel
In December 1999, an accidental explosion linked to the rupture of a gas pipe completely destroyed a building and four floors on avenue Eiffel, in Dijon (Côte-d’Or), and left eleven dead and three injured. Seven years later, GDF was found guilty of “involuntary homicide and injury” and was fined 200,000 euros.
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