2019 Paris explosion

2019 Paris explosion
Date12 January 2019
TimeApprox. 09:00 CET
LocationRue de Trévise, 9th arrondissement, Paris, France
Coordinates48°52′22.4″N 2°20′42.6″E / 48.872889°N 2.345167°E / 48.872889; 2.345167
CauseGas leak
Deaths4
Non-fatal injuries47

On 12 January 2019, an explosion occurred 6 Rue de Trévise in 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. Two firefighters, a Spanish tourist, and another woman were killed, and forty-seven others were injured. According to local prosecutor Remy Heitz, the apparent cause of the explosion was a gas leak. Firefighters were present at the time of the blast while investigating a suspected gas leak.