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Gas leak trail revives concerns about network safety in Paris

2023-06-22T17:27:37.088Z

Highlights: The origin of the explosion in Paris has not yet been precisely established. Witnesses interviewed by journalists at the scene on Wednesday night mentioned strong smells of gas. The track of a gas leak is moreover favored by investigators, according to information from the prosecutor's office. It is impossible not to remember the tragedy of the rue de Trévise, which occurred in 2019 in Paris, in front of the images of the gutted building on the Place Alphonse Laveran, a few kilometers away.


DECRYPTION - The investigation has not yet determined the causes of the tragedy, but the track of a gas leak seems to be privileged. It has also been cut in a wide perimeter.


It is impossible not to remember the tragedy of the rue de Trévise, which occurred in 2019 in Paris, in front of the images of the gutted building on the Place Alphonse Laveran, a few kilometers away, four years later. "We can not make parallel, repeated several times Thursday morning the Minister of the City and Housing Olivier Klein, guest of Europe 1, France Info and BFMTV in the aftermath of the tragedy. I don't want to take a position when there is no certainty."

Caution is indeed required on the part of the authorities insofar as the origin of the explosion has not yet been precisely established. The Paris prosecutor's office has launched a judicial investigation that will establish the exact causes of the incident. Witnesses interviewed by journalists at the scene on Wednesday night, however, mentioned strong smells of gas that leave little doubt about the source of the explosion. The track of a gas leak is moreover favored by investigators, according to information from the

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