World News

32870 readers

404 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Paris explosion: Four in critical condition after blast (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

top 4 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

gas explosion

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there another source reporting that?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Witnesses reported smelling gas before it happened. BBC news report stated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

A student at Ecole des Mines on Boulevard Saint-Michel told Le Parisien: "I was in front of the Val de Grâce, I heard a huge boom and I saw a ball of fire 20 or 30m high. And the building collapsed with a huge noise. I smelled gas, but took several minutes to come to my senses."