Saturday, around 2:30 p.m. at 26 rue du Nord, in the 18th arrondissement in Paris, five people were injured in an explosion that occurred inside an apartment. One of the injured was taken care of in “absolute emergency”, without his vital prognosis being engaged, we learned from the firefighters.
The explosion, not followed by fire, occurred in an apartment whose facade was blown away by the blast, said the Paris Fire Brigade (BSPP), confirming information from the Figaro.
“Not at all on the same scale as rue Saint-Jacques”
Four people were taken care of in “relative emergency” and a fifth in “absolute emergency” but “his vital prognosis is not engaged”, indicated this source, who had no information on the causes of the death. ‘blast. At the height of the intervention, a hundred firefighters, supported by twenty machines, were engaged, according to the BSPP.
“The facts are not at all of the same magnitude as those of rue Saint-Jacques,” said a spokesperson for the Paris firefighters. On June 21, in this artery of the 5th arrondissement, a building housing a fashion school collapsed following an explosion that caused a fire, killing three people and injuring several dozen.