Deadly Paris gas explosion 'due to pipe cracked by ground subsidence'
A major explosion under a building in Paris in January which killed four people, including two firefighters, and injured 66 others was caused by a broken gas pipe which was cracked by ground subsidence which had been insufficiently investigated by city hall staff and a private company, according to a commissioned experts' report revealed by the Paris prosecution services on Monday,
FrenchFrench investigators have confirmed that a powerful explosion at a bakery in Paris that killed four people and injured dozens almost a year ago was caused by a gas pipe break, authorities said Monday, reports The Minneapolis Star Tribune.
The January 12th 2019 blast devastated a street in north-central Paris, damaged a dozen neighbouring buildings and forced dozens of families to find temporary accommodation for months.
Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement Monday that the gas pipe broke due to ground subsidence caused by a water leak several years before.
Judicial experts have found that Paris street maintenance services and a private company in charge of the work failed to properly address the subsidence in 2016.
