AT least four people have been critically injured after a massive gas explosion in the centre of Paris.
The violent blast happened in the Val-de-Grâce neighbourhood in the French capital near the Senate, a city official said.
The district mayor said at least four people are in a critical condition.
The Paris police department said they were on the scene.
Pictures showed huge plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky above the city.
Footage showed a collapsed building engulfed in flames as burning debris drops into the street below.
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A police official said the front of the building collapsed onto the street after the huge explosion.
Cops have urged the public to avoid the area.
The mayor of the fifth arrondissement said the blaze was caused by a gas explosion.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed firefighters were battling a blaze on Rue Saint-Jacques – close to the Jardin Du Luxembourg and Sorbonne University.
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