Gas blast in Dijon leaves 'at least nine' injured
Oliver Gee - [email protected]
Published: 16 Sep, 2016 CET.
Updated: Fri 16 Sep 2016 10:15 CET
At least nine people have been injured after a gas explosion in a building in Dijon, central France.
One of the people is understood to be critically injured, reported the France Bleu channel.
The blast went off at around 9.15am on Friday in what appears to have been a residential building in Dijon in central France.
The building is not far from the central train station, noted France Bleu.
Local mayor François Rebsamen said it was an "extremely violent" explosion, but added that it had nothing to do with an attack.
The local government office said it was a gas explosion.
Firefighters at the scene evacuated the building immediately.
Explosion de gaz à #Dijon : une photo de l'explosion.
Suivez le direct ici : https://t.co/LCMFxbkI60 pic.twitter.com/yiczlIfL5p
— Lebienpublic (@Lebienpublic) September 16, 2016
The blast occurred on Rue Pierre Palliot in central Dijon. Photo: GoogleMaps
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One of the people is understood to be critically injured, reported the France Bleu channel.
The blast went off at around 9.15am on Friday in what appears to have been a residential building in Dijon in central France.
The building is not far from the central train station, noted France Bleu.
Local mayor François Rebsamen said it was an "extremely violent" explosion, but added that it had nothing to do with an attack.
The local government office said it was a gas explosion.
Firefighters at the scene evacuated the building immediately.
Explosion de gaz à #Dijon : une photo de l'explosion.
— Lebienpublic (@Lebienpublic) September 16, 2016
Suivez le direct ici : https://t.co/LCMFxbkI60 pic.twitter.com/yiczlIfL5p
The blast occurred on Rue Pierre Palliot in central Dijon. Photo: GoogleMaps
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