The person sought in the rubble is a professor at the Paris American Academy, the fashion school which was located in the building where the explosion occurred on Wednesday.
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The search is still in progress, Monday, June 26, to find a woman who disappeared after the very strong explosion of undetermined origin which destroyed a building on Wednesday, rue Saint-Jacques, in Paris, announced the prosecution and the police headquarters. The search had been interrupted during the weekend, the time to reinforce the solidity of an adjoining building. The person sought in the rubble is a professor at the Paris American Academy, private school of fashion and design.
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The Paris prosecutor’s office announced on Friday that four people were “always in absolute urgency”. He has not communicated since on the evolution of their state of health. The prosecution had counted 54 other victims who, for “most suffer from minor injuries or psychological shock”And “48 other people [qui] have come forward as being involved, i.e. likely to have suffered damage”.
The facts occurred Wednesday shortly before 5 p.m. at 277 rue Saint-Jacques, an artery in the center of the capital. An explosion followed by a fire caused the collapse of a 17th century pavilion, listed as a historical monument, which bordered the main courtyard of the former Val-de-Grâce abbey and housed the Paris American Academy. “The First Witnesses” mentioned “smell of gas”, according to the prosecution, which did not provide details on this point on Monday. An investigation for unintentional injuries has been opened.