- Title: FRANCE: One person is killed and 42 injured in a gas explosion near Paris
- Date: 31st October 2007
- Summary: SMOKE COMING OUT FROM TOP OF BUILDING FIREFIGHTERS HOLDING HOSE/SMOKE COMING OUT OF DEBRIS/FIREMAN WITH POLE REMOVING BURNT PIECES OF BUILDING
- Embargoed: 15th November 2007 12:00
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- Location: France
- Country: France
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
- Reuters ID: LVAC6K4EG1CSNANHJVK5ZOJLH1KL
- Story Text: One person was killed and 42 injured, 15 seriously, in a gas explosion in a building northeast of Paris, emergency officials said on Tuesday (October 30) Police said a fire broke out after an explosion of a gas main in the centre of the suburb of Bondy.
"One person was found dead in the wreckage of the building,"
a local authority spokesman said.
He said 42 people had been injured, 15 seriously and three were in an extremely serious condition.
Gilbert Roger, the mayor of Bondy, said that a restaurant and another building had caught fire.
"There was a very strong explosion," a witness told French radio. "We saw people running. There were enormous flames, several metres high," he said.
Fire fighters said they were in the process of putting out the fires.
Prime Minister Francois Fillon visited the scene in the early evening. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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