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At least five people have been injured following a huge gas explosion in central Paris.

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AF said at least five people were injured in the blast, which was heard in the sixth arrondissement of the French capital this morning.

Police said the cause was a ‘domestic accident’.

‘I felt my floor shake and heard a loud noise, then it smelled like smoke outside,’ Jenna Binion, a local resident, told The Local.


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Explosion in Rue Jean François Gerbillon #Paris pic.twitter.com/mmz7wbGg1W — Giancarlo Schievenin (@gschievenini) April 1, 2016

‘There are a lot of people in the streets and I can hear a lot of sirens.’

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The explosion reportedly took place not far from Montparnasse, on the left bank of the river Seine, and close to Ferrandi college. Witnesses say it took place on Rue Jean François Gerbillon.



It is not know if there are any injuries.

Ambulances have reportedly been seen in the area.

Les pompiers sont arrivés, c'est sûrement une fuite de gaz pic.twitter.com/vvsfUejvfD — Pierre K. (@Pierre_Kch) April 1, 2016

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