“Exceptional aid” of two million euros will be released for the victims of the explosion of undetermined origin which destroyed a building on June 21 in the 5th arrondissement, the City of Paris announced on Monday. In a press release, the municipality said it wanted to allow the victims to “benefit from immediate financial assistance”, which will notably allow “to immediately accompany the injured and their families”.
This aid must also allow “the relocation of the Paris American Academy and all other impacted institutions”, “the relocation and support of the inhabitants of the damaged buildings” and “the allocation of emergency aid to impacted traders”. , according to the press release.
An explosion followed by a fire in the center of Paris caused the collapse of a 17th century pavilion, classified as a historic monument, which bordered the main courtyard of the former Val-de-Grâce abbey and housed a private fashion school, the Paris American Academy.
Search still ongoing to find the missing woman
This Monday, the search which had been temporarily interrupted over the weekend, the time to reinforce the solidity of an adjoining building, resumed to find a missing woman, a professor at the Paris American Academy.
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.
An investigation opened for involuntary injuries
The prosecution counted 54 other victims who for “most suffered from minor injuries or psychological shock”, and “48 other people [qui] have come forward as being involved, that is to say likely to have suffered damage”.
The Paris public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into involuntary injuries resulting in total incapacity for work for more than three months by manifestly deliberate violation of an obligation of prudence or safety.