In Paris, a second victim of the explosion of a building rue Saint-Jacques died. This woman, who was being treated after being seriously injured in the collapse of the building on June 21, succumbed to her injuries, we learned on Friday from a source familiar with the matter, confirming information from the Parisian. “She is an employee of the mutual” Saint-Christophe, located at 277 rue Saint-Jacques, the address of the building which collapsed, we said from the same source.
This is the second death caused by this tragedy after the discovery on June 27 in the rubble of the body of another woman, which could be that of a professor from the private fashion school, the Paris American Academy, located in the affected building.
Two more injured in absolute emergency
With this new death, there are still two injured in absolute emergency, according to another source familiar with the matter. In total, about fifty injured had been identified, four of whom were seriously injured.
Since Monday, the investigations have been entrusted to an investigating judge with the opening of a judicial investigation for manslaughter, involuntary injuries with ITT (total incapacity for work) of more and less than three months by manifestly deliberate violation of an obligation of safety or prudence provided for by law or regulation.
On June 21, at the end of the afternoon, a building located rue Saint-Jacques had collapsed, after an explosion followed by a fire. The investigations must in particular determine the origin of the accident. The first witnesses, heard in the investigation entrusted to the 3rd district of the judicial police of Paris, evoked “a smell of gas”.