1.
SV PAN SIGN: "RUE DU CHEVALERET" PAN TO STREET
0.03

2.
LV PAN OVER WRECKED BUILDING TO DEBRIS ON GROUND
0.07

3.
SV PAN DOWN BUILDING
0.21

4.
SV ROOF
0.23

5.
SV FIREMAN MOVING DEBRIS
0.25

6.
SV INTERIOR
0.27

7.
SV PAN DOWN FIRE ESCAPE
0.31

8.
SV POLICEMAN STANDING NEAR WRECKAGE
0.34

9.
SV FIREMAN IN DEBRIS
0.38

10.
SV PAN OVER BUILDING TO FIREMAN
0.42

11.
SV FIRE CHIEF
0.44

12.
SV FIREMAN AT WORK
0.50



Initials PBS/V/PW/OS



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Background: IN SUBURBAN PARIS AN EXPLOSION RIPPED THROUGH AN APARTMENT BUILDING YESTERDAY (MONDAY) KILLING A WOMAN, AND INJURING A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY. THE EXPLOSION IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A LEAKING GAS MAIN.

THE APARTMENT BUILDING, IN THE RUE DU CHEVALERET, IN THE 13TH ARRONDISSEMENT DISTRICT OF PARIS, IS FOUR STOREYS HIGH. MOST OF THE 30 OCCUPANTS WERE AWAY FROM THE BUILDING AT THE TIME OF THE BLAST.

SURROUNDING BUILDINGS SHOOK DURING THE EXPLOSION. RESCUE TEAMS WERE ON THE SCENE WITHIN MINUTES, COMBING THROUGH THE RUBBLE.