Firefighters intervene in Paris' 6th district at the scene where an appartment building exploded on April 1, 2016. (AFP Photo)
Highlights
- The explosion occured in a building; no casualities reported so far
- Images shared on Twitter showed clouds of smoke rising from the building
- Gas leak suspected as the cause of the explosion, said officials
A huge explosion ripped through a building in the middle of Paris a short while ago.
Early visuals showed smoke rising out of a building in the centre of the city.
Reports quoted the police as saying the explosion may have been caused by a gas leak.
"Explosion in central Paris not terror related, appears to have been a gas explosion," a police officer was quoted as saying.