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 busy street,ly show you behind me the scene now. it would have been pretty terrifying stuff. can you see there at the end of the street and natalie the fire services who have been battling the flames of the fire that followed the explosion for the last couple of hours, it now appears to be under the control. the plumes of smoke billowing out the last couple of hours