2019 Paris explosion

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2019 Paris explosion

Date	12 January 2019
Time	Approx. 09:00 CET
Location	Rue de Trévise, 9th arrondissement, Paris, France
Coordinates	48°52′22.4″N 2°20′42.6″E / 48.872889°N 2.345167°E / 48.872889; 2.345167
Cause	Gas leak
Deaths	4
Non-fatal injuries	47

On 12 January 2019, an explosion occurred 6 Rue de Trévise in 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. Two firefighters, a Spanish tourist, and another woman were killed, and forty-seven others were injured.^[1] According to local prosecutor Remy Heitz, the apparent cause of the explosion was a gas leak. Firefighters were present at the time of the blast while investigating a suspected gas leak.^[2][3]

Prior to the explosion, firefighters were at the location responding to reports of a gas leak. The explosion caused a fire that destroyed windows of surrounding buildings and caused cars to be overturned.^[4] Eyewitnesses told reporters the blast also caused people to become trapped in other nearby buildings and charred debris and broken glass was spread around the bakery and streets.^[5]

More than 200 firefighters responded to the incident, and French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo all visited the scene.^[6]

On 15 September 2020, Paris City Hall and a property firm were charged with involuntary manslaughter.^[7]

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