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Date | 12 January 2019 |
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Time | Approx. 09:00 CET |
Location | Rue de Trévise, 9th arrondissement, Paris, France |
Coordinates | 48°52′22.4″N 2°20′42.6″E / 48.872889°N 2.345167°E |
Cause | Gas leak |
Deaths | 4 |
Non-fatal injuries | 47 |
On 12 January 2019, an explosion occurred 6 Rue de Trévise in 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. Two firefighters, a Spanish tourist, and another woman were killed, and forty-seven others were injured.[1] According to local prosecutor Remy Heitz, the apparent cause of the explosion was a gas leak. Firefighters were present at the time of the blast while investigating a suspected gas leak.[2][3]