Four in critical condition after Paris building blast

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 22, 2023 10:49 am

PARIS, France: An explosion potentially caused by a gas leak ripped through a building in central Paris on Wednesday, leaving four people fighting for their lives and causing a wave of destruction, officials said.

Rescue workers were in the evening still searching the rubble for two missing individuals who had not been accounted for, according to French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.

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