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UPDATE: One killed and 10 injured in France garage blast

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 11:54:09 +0100

An 88-year-old woman was killed and her 89-year-old partner was seriously hurt during an explosion in a garage in the French city of Bordeaux on Saturday, firefighters said.

Paris gas blast toll rises to four after body found in rubble

Sun, 13 Jan 2019 14:38:14 +0100

The death toll from a gas explosion in central Paris has risen to four after rescue workers found a woman's body in the rubble, investigators said on Sunday.

Death toll reaches three as Spanish woman dies from Paris gas explosion injuries

Sat, 12 Jan 2019 16:45:35 +0100

A Spanish woman on holiday with her husband died in the Paris gas explosion on Saturday, a source with the Spanish foreign ministry said.

LATEST: Two firefighters killed in huge blast at central Paris bakery

Sat, 12 Jan 2019 14:35:08 +0100

UPDATED: A powerful explosion at a bakery in central Paris on Saturday morning killed two firefighters and left dozens more injured, several critically, according to the latest reports.

Two dead in France factory explosion

Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:56:03 +0100

Two maintenance workers were killed when an explosion followed by a fire ripped through a vegetable oil refinery in the French coastal city of Dieppe on Saturday.

Gas blast in Dijon leaves 'at least nine' injured

Fri, 16 Sep 2016 12:15:33 +0200

At least nine people have been injured after a gas explosion in a building in Dijon, central France.

Huge gas explosion blows apart Paris apartment building

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:46:23 +0200

An explosion has destroyed part of an apartment building in central Paris, after an apparent gas leak. Five people were reportedly left injured.

Paris building blast: Eighth body found

Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:05:00 +0200

French rescue workers pulled an eighth body out of the rubble of a four-storey building near Paris on Monday. The apartment block collapsed on Sunday after an explosion. Rescuers don't believe anyone else is still missing.

Alert over exploding whipped cream makers

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 18:42:00 +0200

An epidemic of exploding Chantilly cream dispensers in France has left users with facial and chest fractures, neck wounds and even caused the loss of an eye. As a result a consumer watchdog is pushing the government to launch an urgent public education campaign.

Paris chocolate shop explosion leaves five hurt

Fri, 14 Feb 2014 20:08:00 +0100

Five people were hurt, one seriously, in an explosion inside a Paris chocolate shop on Valentine's Day. The cause of the blast is not yet known.

Soldier's souvenir rocket blows up comrades

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:54:00 +0100

A French soldier broke down in tears in court on Tuesday when he apologized to colleagues after his souvenir rocket blew up in their office. One comrade lost his legs, another lost a testicle and part of his foot and the third his hearing.

Bomb attack at Lille Ikea store

Tue, 31 May 2011 11:59:00 +0200

Small explosives concealed in alarm clocks have detonated at an Ikea furniture store in Lille, in an attack apparently coordinated with similar incidents in Belgium and the Netherlands, Belgian authorities said on Tuesday.