Four people are reportedly in a critical condition after a large gas explosion in Paris.
The blast set buildings on fire, left rubble strewn across a street, and sent a plume of black smoke across the French capital.
Interior minister Gerald Darmanin said there was a blaze on Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris’s fifth arrondissement, close to the Jardin Du Luxembourg and Sorbonne University.
A police official said the facade of one building had fallen onto the street as a result of the explosion, and that many firefighters and members of the police force were attending to the scene.
Police are also urging people to avoid the area.
