BREAKING: Many Causalities As Gas Explosion Rocks Paris District, Photos

BREAKING: Many Causalities As Gas Explosion Rocks Paris District, Photos

Buildings are on fire after a gas explosion rocked a Paris district in France, known as the fifth arrondissement of Paris.

Paris police department said they were making checks on the incident and warned people to avoid the area, Daily Mail reported on Wednesday.

French Interior Minister, Gerald Darmanin, said the fire pushed flames and smoke into the air at the Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris’ fifth arrondissement, close to the Jardin Du Luxembourg and Sorbonne University.