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The explosion took place. it could be they are amongst those wounded. there are a couple hundred firefighters at the scene behind me, a hundred policemen also trying to deal with the fallout from this explosion and remember, natalie. this is a saturday morning in paris. >> that means this is another day of yellow vest protest. so, of course the entire city was full of policemen and city ensthurg safety. this is an extra thing they need to deal with this morning. >> absolutely. the protesters there, they're in paris and all of a sudden this happened. it must have been quite a jolt that all of a...

So you can do more of what you love. my name is tito, and i'm a tech-house manager at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. welcome back to viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn "newsroom." we thank you for it. i'm george howell. >> an explosion at a french bakery, saturdays blast was called by a gas leak. officials tell cnn there were victims. so far, it is unclear how many. a saudi woman who said she's led

>> we are following breaking news out of france, where authorities are responding to an explosion in central paris. police say the blast was called by a gas leak at a bakery saturday morning. and an official in paris tells cnn there were victims, so far it is unclear how many, police are saying the explosion is not terror related. cnn paris correspondent mellissa bell joins us now from the area where this happened. it must have been a terrifying saturday morning for people in that neighborhood, melissa. >> reporter: that's right. i think for anyone who would have been on what is normal lay bus...

Have now died down. but we have been hearing a lot more about precisely what happened here before that explosion took place. what eyewitnesses say, in fact, the fire services about an hour before the explosion took place. here's what one eyewitness who works in a hotel opposite the bakery in which that explosion took place had to say about what he saw. >> i feel a big pressure came out of me like smoke, so i guess i have time to get down and cover my head and cover everything. i didn't see nurse, i didn't say nothing. so i was in panic. so unfortunately, i know even with a lot of smoke, so i c...

How critically those who were wounded are still. so that is one of the questions that we would be looking to have answered for the time being. though, certainly when it comes to the cues of this explosion, that is, of course, the first thing you wonder when you are here in paris given all the paris attacks this past year, this was an accidental gas leak. the force of it, really, for anyone in this fairly busy neighborhood of paris, it would be extremely shocking and loud and did cause a lot of damage. >> we appreciate you being there on the scene for us, mel will is sa bell. the shutdown sho...