Party in Paris ends in tragedy: 20 injured, one seriously, as a floor collapses

Paris.- Twenty people were injured, one of them seriously, by the collapse on the fifth floor of a Paris apartment where a party was being held this morning with about 50 attendees, authorities reported. The accident, a collapse of the apartment floor, with a surface area of about 30 square meters, occurred around 00:30 local time on rue d'Amelot, in the XI district, in the east-central part of the capital. The first indications suggest that the collapse occurred due to "structural causes" and not a gas leak, 'Le Parisien' pointed out.

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The Paris police prefecture reported on Sunday morning that of the 20 injured, one person suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest, was resuscitated and was immediately hospitalized in critical condition and that 16 people were transported to the hospital. Up to 125 firefighters and 40 vehicles were mobilized for the rescue operation.