There was a break this weekend to consolidate a wall, and then it started again. “Research is still in progress” on Monday to find a missing woman, following the explosion which destroyed a building on Wednesday rue Saint-Jacques in Paris, according to the prosecution.
“The consolidation of the premises allowed the search to continue this weekend,” said the police headquarters. The person sought in the rubble is a woman, a professor at the Paris American Academy, a school specializing in fashion, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Four people “still in absolute emergency”
In a press release Friday evening, the Paris prosecutor’s office indicated that four people were “still in absolute urgency”. It was not possible to know more about their condition on Monday.
The prosecution had counted 54 other victims who for “most suffered from minor injuries or psychological shock”, and “48 other people (who) came forward as being involved, that is to say likely to have suffered damage “.