France: Fireworks Fuel Apartment Fire in Paris’s 20th Arrondissement

A fire fueled by fireworks or mortar explosions completely destroyed an 80-square-meter apartment on the top floor of a social housing building on Rue des Couronnes in Paris's 20th arrondissement late Tuesday, September 1, prompting the evacuation of the building and mobilizing 90 firefighters and around 30 vehicles. Three people suffered minor injuries and smoke inhalation, no one was reported missing.

Socialist Deputy Victim of Mortar Explosion - Paris

Socialist Deputy Victim of Mortar Explosion - Paris

A French Socialist Party (PS) deputy is the victim of mortar fire after being attacked by left-wing antifascist (antifa) demonstrators and activists during a May Day rally, marking International Workers' Day, in Paris, France, May 1, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Socialist Deputy Victim of Mortar Explosion - Paris

Socialist Deputy Victim of Mortar Explosion - Paris

A French Socialist Party (PS) deputy is the victim of mortar fire after being attacked by left-wing antifascist (antifa) demonstrators and activists during a May Day rally, marking International Workers' Day, in Paris, France, May 1, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Socialist Deputy Victim of Mortar Explosion - Paris

Socialist Deputy Victim of Mortar Explosion - Paris

A French Socialist Party (PS) deputy is the victim of mortar fire after being attacked by left-wing antifascist (antifa) demonstrators and activists during a May Day rally, marking International Workers' Day, in Paris, France, May 1, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Socialist Deputy Victim of Mortar Explosion - Paris

Socialist Deputy Victim of Mortar Explosion - Paris

A French Socialist Party (PS) deputy is the victim of mortar fire after being attacked by left-wing antifascist (antifa) demonstrators and activists during a May Day rally, marking International Workers' Day, in Paris, France, May 1, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Socialist Deputy Victim of Mortar Explosion - Paris

Socialist Deputy Victim of Mortar Explosion - Paris

A French Socialist Party (PS) deputy is the victim of mortar fire after being attacked by left-wing antifascist (antifa) demonstrators and activists during a May Day rally, marking International Workers' Day, in Paris, France, May 1, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Socialist Deputy Victim of Mortar Explosion - Paris

Socialist Deputy Victim of Mortar Explosion - Paris

A French Socialist Party (PS) deputy is the victim of mortar fire after being attacked by left-wing antifascist (antifa) demonstrators and activists during a May Day rally, marking International Workers' Day, in Paris, France, May 1, 2025. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

(2)GSDF camp in Samawah faces another attack

(2)GSDF camp in Samawah faces another attack

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Iraqi police check the trunk of a car near the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force camp in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Jan. 11. An explosion, believed to be a mortar or rocket bomb attack, was heard there the same day.

(1)GSDF camp in Samawah faces another attack

(1)GSDF camp in Samawah faces another attack

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Iraqi police made a search Jan. 11 after an explosion, believed to be a mortar or rocket bomb attack, was heard earlier in the day near the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force camp in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah. No Japanese troops were injured.

(1)Explosion occurs in Samawah, no casualties

(1)Explosion occurs in Samawah, no casualties

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Broken windowpanes remain scattered on the street near the site of an explosion that shook a residential area in the center of the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 12. A local security official called it a mortar attack.

(1)GSDF camp in Samawah faces another attack

(1)GSDF camp in Samawah faces another attack

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Iraqi police made a search Jan. 11 after an explosion, believed to be a mortar or rocket bomb attack, was heard earlier in the day near the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force camp in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah. No Japanese troops were injured. (Kyodo)

(2)GSDF camp in Samawah faces another attack

(2)GSDF camp in Samawah faces another attack

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Iraqi police check the trunk of a car near the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force camp in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Jan. 11. An explosion, believed to be a mortar or rocket bomb attack, was heard there the same day. (Kyodo)

(1)Explosion occurs in Samawah, no casualties

(1)Explosion occurs in Samawah, no casualties

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Broken windowpanes remain scattered on the street near the site of an explosion that shook a residential area in the center of the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 12. A local security official called it a mortar attack. (Kyodo)