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[–] 16082483? ago 

Two were killed. Both deaths were (pompiers) firemen. So the fire department was sent to deal with a gas leak, a task they do all the time and the gas ignited, probably from an oven pilot light in the boulangerie (bakery)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/the-latest-36-injured-12-critically-in-paris-bakery-blast/2019/01/12/55f6de4a-165c-11e9-ab79-30cd4f7926f2_story.html?utm_term=.267ce73de06c

The prosecutor’s office said the only two dead are the firefighters; 10 other people are in critical condition and 37 are less seriously injured.

Earlier, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told reporters at the scene that a total of four people, including two firefighters, were killed. Castaner later corrected himself in a tweet.

French investigators say the powerful blast was likely caused by a gas leak.

12:15 p.m.

A Paris fire department spokesman says that 36 people, including 12 in critical condition, have been injured in the blast at a bakery that was apparently caused by a gas leak.

Paris fire department spokesman Eric Moulin told reporters at the scene that five people were in life-threatening condition, including two firefighters.

Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said “at this stage we can say it seems from accidental origin, this would be a gas leak.” He said that Paris firefighters were already at the scene for a suspected gas leak on Saturday morning when the explosion happened. Investigations are ongoing to determine the exact cause of the blast.

Witnesses described the overwhelming sound of the blast. Charred debris and broken glass covered the pavement around the apartment building housing the bakery, which resembled a blackened carcass.

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[–] 16082486? ago 

Two were killed. Both deaths were (pompiers)

He said that Paris firefighters were already at the scene for a suspected gas leak on Saturday morning when the explosion happened.

interesting

if the two dead are firefighters thats one for the gas leak

we need to wait and see how the govt publicly reacts to this imo. so far with the gas leak idea making the rounds on french media it seems that any hope of painting it as protestors is dead and thats a good thing