Less than ten minutes later, a similar attack occurred against the barracks of the French 3rd Company of the 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment, 6 km away in the Ramlet al Baida area of West Beirut.[45] As the suicide bomber drove his pickup truck toward the "Drakkar" building, French paratroopers began shooting at the truck and its driver.[45] It is believed that the driver was killed and the truck was immobilized and rolled to stop about fifteen yards from the building.[45] A few moments passed before the truck exploded, bringing down the nine-story building and killing 58 French paratroopers.[45] It is believed that this bomb was detonated by remote control and that, though similarly constructed, it was smaller than and slightly less than half as powerful as the one used against the Marines at the Beirut International Airport.[45] Many of the paratroopers had gathered on their balconies moments earlier to see what was happening at the airport.[46] It was France's worst military loss since the end of the Algerian War in 1962.[47]