{"id":28850,"date":"2019-01-12T14:22:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T14:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=28850"},"modified":"2019-01-12T14:22:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T14:22:45","slug":"deaths-reported-after-gas-explosion-at-paris-bakery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=28850","title":{"rendered":"Deaths reported after &#8216;gas explosion&#8217; at Paris bakery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"body-200771816342556199\" readability=\"101.319954777\">\n<p class=\"speakable\">At least two people have been confirmed dead, while dozens have been injured following an explosion and fire at a bakery, caused by an apparent gas leak, according to French officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A Paris police spokeswoman said firefighters arrived at the scene of the explosion on Saturday morning at the bakery on Rue Trevise in the 9th arrondissement of north-central Paris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The two fatalities were firefighters, according to French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, who on Saturday afternoon warned of &#8220;a heavy toll&#8221; following the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, officials said four people were killed, and at least 37 people were injured, including 10 in critical condition. The number of fatalities was later lowered four to two.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>French television showed emergency vehicles surrounding the area.<\/p>\n<p>Images shared on social media showed the area around the adjacent Rue De Montyon covered in debris with a fire raging in at least one building.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\" readability=\"3.4328358209\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Destruction for blocks after an explosion on rue de tr\u00e9vise <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GsrLqyasQA\">pic.twitter.com\/GsrLqyasQA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emily Molli (@MomesMolli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MomesMolli\/status\/1083999067024154624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I was sleeping and woke up by the blast wave,&#8221; Claire Sallavuard, who lives on the Rue de Trevise where the explosion occurred, told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All the windows in the apartment exploded, doors were blown off their hinges, I had to walk on the door to leave the room, all the kids were panicking, they couldn&#8217;t get out of their room,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers eventually used a ladder to evacuate the family, who lived on the first floor.<\/p>\n<p>Police sources said firefighters had already been responding to an alert of a gas leak at the site when the explosion occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion took place amid heavy security in Paris and around France in the wake of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/01\/france-braces-fresh-yellow-vest-protests-190112073005748.html\">yellow vest protests<\/a> expected later on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<p>\n            SOURCE:<br \/>\n            <span>Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least two people have been confirmed dead, while dozens have been injured following an explosion and fire at a bakery, caused by an apparent gas leak, according to French officials. 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