Shortly before 13:00, two gas cylinders exploded on the roof of a building on Avenue d’Ivry.to A district of Paris after a fire broke out on Tuesday, September 17. Dramatic images of the explosion were quickly shared on social networks, but a police source at the scene confirmed it in the afternoon. World HE“No casualties were reported as the floors were known to have been evacuated and [qu’]security perimeter[vait] placed »The fire started on that date. “roof of a residential building”Inside “framework of the study”cited the same source.
Speaking on the BFM Ile-de-France channel at around 18:00, the mayor of the 13to Jérôme Coumet (PS) justified the protection of the security perimeter because “The gas cylinders were still on the roof”The council member first announced: “two people [étaient] “wounded”” quoting a firefighter and a roofer responding »He then listed his words as follows: two people There was “shock”. “I hope they were not hit by bullets, as far as I know that is not the case”he concluded.
Fires and explosions that broke out in the afternoon disrupted life in the neighborhood, with at least one school evacuated and tram traffic disrupted. Paris firefighters reported that at 7:30 p.m. ParisianThe fire was nearly extinguished and no serious injuries were reported. The worker did not require attention and the firefighter was only “very lightly injured” with the first explosion. The risk of a new explosion also seemed to have passed.
