Paris: A massive gas explosion destroyed the top floors and roof of a residential building in central Paris on Friday, injuring 17 people, rescuers and police said.
The blast near the Jardin de Luxembourg park caused jitters in the French capital, which remains on edge after the Paris attacks in November and the Brussels bombings last month.
It was traced to a fire that caused a gas stove to blow up, sending a thick cloud of smoke into the sky, police said.
The force of the blast blew out some of the windows at the prestigious school, a witness said.
"I was at home, the windows shook in my building two streets away... We thought it was an attack," said local resident Sylvie Guillaumin, 51, adding that gas supplies had been cut in the area.
French authorities announced last week they had foiled an attack plot after discovering a stash of weapons and explosives in a Paris suburb.
The blast near the Jardin de Luxembourg park caused jitters in the French capital, which remains on edge after the Paris attacks in November and the Brussels bombings last month.
It was traced to a fire that caused a gas stove to blow up, sending a thick cloud of smoke into the sky, police said.
The force of the blast blew out some of the windows at the prestigious school, a witness said.
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"I was at home, the windows shook in my building two streets away... We thought it was an attack," said local resident Sylvie Guillaumin, 51, adding that gas supplies had been cut in the area.
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French authorities announced last week they had foiled an attack plot after discovering a stash of weapons and explosives in a Paris suburb.
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