Overview
- About 15 people were injured and one remains in serious condition after the fifth‑floor floor caved in onto the fourth at 34 bis rue Amelot during a gathering of roughly 50 people.
- Firefighters rescued five people from debris as a large operation mobilized around 145 personnel with 45 vehicles, ambulances and canine teams.
- Initial assessments classify the event as a structural collapse unrelated to a gas leak, with roughly 30 square meters of flooring giving way.
- The building’s overall structure was deemed intact after shoring of the fourth floor; neighboring buildings were briefly evacuated and later reoccupied, while the fourth and fifth floors remain uninhabitable.
- The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation entrusted to the 11th‑arrondissement police, as insurance and expert inspections begin and the building’s property manager warns repairs could take many months.