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E. Frisullo / 20 Minutes
A big fire broke out on a building site this Friday afternoon in Vaulx-en-Velin in the Lyon suburbs without causing any casualties, according to the prefecture.
Firefighters came in large numbers to the scene.
Videos circulating on social networks showed a thick plume of black smoke several tens of meters high.
The fire would have broken out after the explosion of a gas cylinder, according to a source close to the authorities.
A local resident reached by phone told AFP that she heard a loud explosion.
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