![]() Local officials attributed the blast and blaze to a gas leak, according to AP. Nunez described several injuries, some of them critical, but did not provide an exact figure, nor did he specify whether any were in life-threatening condition.ĪP reports Nunez said the the Paris American Academy is a private school that offers teaching in fashion design, interior design, fine arts and creative writing. Paris police chief Laurent Nunez initially told reporters there were 16 people injured, including seven in “emergency condition.” The fire was contained but not extinguished, he said. The facade of a building in the fifth arrondissement, or district, collapsed and emergency services were working to determine if anyone was still inside, a Paris police official told AP. The Associated Press reports a strong explosion hit a building in Paris’ Left Bank on Wednesday, leaving at least 24 injured. Parents with students currently at the American Academy in Paris can contact the Office of Global Education at 33 for more information. That session will be delayed and may be canceled, the university said in a statement. It was later determined a second group had been scheduled to be there in July. The university initially estimated 20 students, plus faculty and staff, were located at the Paris American Academy, located in the Latin Quarter on the Left Bank of the River Seine, Kent State said in an announcement. Our thoughts are with the other individuals who were injured in the explosion.” “We are thankful and relieved to know that our Kent State students are safe and accounted for,” Kent State University President Todd Diacon said in a prepared statement. “This incident occurred later in the day and the students had left the building for an off-site activity. The students, along with some faculty and staff, have been there since June 1 and were scheduled to remain until June 28, but now plans are being made for them to return home a few days early early. The students were attending a fashion course at the school that suffered an explosion, Kent spokesman Eric Mansfield said. All nine Kent State University students attending a summer program in Paris are safe following an explosion there Wednesday. ![]()
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