A helicopter lands at the Place de l'Opera square in the centre of Paris, France January 12, 2019 in this still image obtained from a social media video. Twitter/@VICTORSALAMA/via REUTERS
PARIS (Reuters) - Two French firefighters and a Spanish woman died and nearly 50 people were injured in a massive gas explosion that gutted the ground floor of a building in a central Paris shopping district on Saturday, authorities said.
The accident occurred with the centre of the capital under security lockdown for a ninth consecutive Saturday of "yellow vest" protests. Large parts of the city were blocked off by riot police, although the protests have reduced in scale compared with November.
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