Again gas

In the center of Paris, a fire in a bakery on the ground floor of a four-story building occurred on the corner of Paris Streets Treviz and St. Sesil. Firefighters arrived at the place to eliminate the fire, and after a while the explosion thundered.

“Behind a fire in a outlet on Treviz Street in the ninth quarter, a strong explosion followed. Avoid the scene and leave the passage for ambulance, ”the French police said on Twitter .

The EUROPE1 radio station said that at least 20 people were injured as a result of the incident, including one fireman. A source in the police said that the flame destroyed eight cars.

The French TV channel BFM TV with reference to the police also said that the cause of the explosion was a leak of household gas. It was also emphasized that the incident is not related to the next protests of the movement of “yellow vests”.

At the scene of the emergency, French Prime Minister Eduar Philip, Minister of Internal Affairs Christoph Castaner, mayor of Paris Ann Idalgo as well as the head of the city prosecutor and police.

“More than 200 employees of emergency services are engaged in a rescue operation,” Castaner wrote on his Twitter .

Is there any Russians among the victims is unknown.

“At the moment, we do not have such information. The request to the Paris Police Prefecture is sent, ”said Sergey Parinov, RBC press attache of the Russian Embassy in France.

In Rosturism, the publication also reported that "there was no information about the presence of Russian tourists among the victims."

The media report that people can remain under the rubble at home.

“Now at the site of the emergency, the special services of the French capital are working - after the explosion, a strong fire broke out in the house. Specialists emergency evacuate residents of nearby houses, fearing new explosions. However, people can still be under the wreckage of a collapsed building-screams of help coming from a destroyed house can be heard from the scene of the incident, ”reports 5 Channel .

Note that domestic gas incidents in Europe are not uncommon. So, in August last year in Madrid, the Central Street Grand Via, popular with tourists, was blocked for several hours. The police of the capital of Spain closed access for pedestrians and vehicles due to the gas leak, which occurred during the repair of the sidewalk, the workers accidentally touched and damaged the pipe. This was reported on Twitter of law enforcement officers. Emergency employees quickly arrived at the scene of the emergency, found and eliminated the leak. However, the movement from Spain Square to Alkaal Street was blocked for several hours.

In 2017, an incident with a leak and an explosion of gas in a building on Rupert Street occurred in the London quarter of Soho. Part of the busy West Endi, popular among tourists, was evacuated and blocked. Later it turned out that the explosion occurred in the popular Windmile strip club. Fortunately, there were no casualties. This was reported by the Daily Mail newspaper.

In the same year, in the Italian city of Velletri, which is located several tens of kilometers from Rome, the gas explosion led to the collapse of a residential building. As a result of the incident, three people were injured, one of whom received serious burns, and two others - minor injuries, wrote the La Repubblica newspaper. Then the gas cylinder exploded.

In November, in the same year, in the German city of Salzgitter, an explosion of household gas in a residential building occurred, as a result of which five people were injured. All of them with severe injuries were hospitalized. The explosion damaged the facade of the building, and also knocked out glasses, wrote the Hannoversche Allgemeine publication.

We also add that in many European countries there are restrictions on the use of gas in everyday life in apartment buildings.

“If you take the experience of Europe, you will see that many countries still have gas heating and gas heating of hot water. But this is acceptable in the houses of low number of storeys, and in those regions where there is severe supervision of the use of gas devices. No one in Germany or Italy prohibits the use of gas, but there is serious technical supervision there, ”said Konstantin Krokhin, a member of the housing and communal services expert in an interview with BBC , a member of the housing and communal services.