12 injured in Paris explosion, police suspect gas leak
Paris, Jan 12: At least 12 people have been injured in a large explosion which badly damaged a bakery, smashed windows in surrounding buildings in central Paris.
A fire broke out after the blast at around 9 am (0800 GMT) in the busy 9th district of the city, which police suspect may have been caused by a gas leak.
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According to news agency AFP, a woman is evacuated by firefighters from an apartment on the corner of the Saint-Cecile and Rue de Trevise streets in central Paris after an explosion at a bakery.
Images posted on Twitter showed debris covering the street and the lower part of the building blown out and on fire.
Fire brigade and ambulances still arriving at scene. #Paris gas explosion. pic.twitter.com/CW0qqQp3gg
— Kim Willsher (@kimwillsher1) 12 January 2019
(With PTI inputs)