Breaking- Paris suspected gas explosion

Old Apr 1st, 2016, 03:36 AM
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Breaking- Paris suspected gas explosion

The news is reporting a suspected gas explosion in central Paris. In the 6th. A building is destroyed.
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Old Apr 1st, 2016, 03:58 AM
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It is of course possible it's just a case of bad maintenance.

Never assume malevolence if an event can as easily be caused by a straightforward cock-up.
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Old Apr 1st, 2016, 04:01 AM
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a6963291.html

I wonder if any Fodorites had an Air B&B reservation in that building.
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Old Apr 1st, 2016, 04:02 AM
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The URL says it was a cooking school but no mention of that in the article...
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Old Apr 1st, 2016, 04:15 AM
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No reports on CNN or Reuters, yet.
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Old Apr 1st, 2016, 04:46 AM
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https://www.rt.com/news/338004-explo...ts-evacuation/
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Old Apr 1st, 2016, 04:49 AM
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We have had 2 similar in NYC in the past couple of years. They were just urban issues- nothing to do with terrorism. In both cases the buiding exploded and there were deaths.

One was a restaurant that had illegally modified the gas cooking system in an unsafe way and the other was the fault of Con Edison - which apparently had put a gas line under too much pressure (that is too heavy a weight on top of the line(which are underground).
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It was just a kitchen stove that blew up. Quite violently of course.
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The building is still there.
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The cooking school is down the street on Abbé Grégoire.

It was just a poorly maintained gas hookup. I wasn´t that far away, just the other side of rue de Rennes, and did not hear a thing.
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We have explosions of various things in my city all the time (gas in houses, utilities, etc), they aren't exactly international news flashes.
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Old Apr 1st, 2016, 06:23 AM
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Right, Christina. There's a hell of a lot of "gas" in "your" city.
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Old Apr 1st, 2016, 06:49 AM
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Nothing on France 24, CNN, BBC, Irish Times...
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Old Apr 1st, 2016, 08:31 AM
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The two addresses with a lot of damage are 4 rue Bérite and 6 rue Bérite, so if you have rented a vacation apartment there, you are out of luck for at least the next 6-9 months.
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Thanks for clarifying what actually happened there.
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Breaking news stories are almost always full of misinformation - they're meant to grab viewers/readers who will be sure to stay tuned. These reports are notorious for not providing accurate info, especially right off the bat.

Almost everyone in Paris would wonder about a very loud noise if they were in the immediate vicinity, but I don't see the point of repeating unsubstantiated reports on a travel forum.
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I was wondering where exactly in the 6th. I've rented a beautiful apartment on rue du Cherche-Midi in the past and have taken a cupcake class at l'Atelier du gâteau which is right on rue de l'Abbé Grégoire. They posted on their facebook page they had been evacuated but would be open Sunday.
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Kerouac already pointed out the addresses.
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