Four people are in a critical condition after a huge explosion in central Paris caused several buildings to set on fire and prompted an evacuation in the Left Bank.
Two people are feared to be trapped in the rubble from the accident at a private school known as the Paris American Academy, which has injured 24 people - some seriously.
More than 270 firefighters attempted to extinguish the fire at the height of the blaze which sent a plume of black smoke across the French capital.
