Almost like Notre Dame Paris town hall burns to the ground
A town hall in Paris has been badly damaged in a fire. The fire raged on Monday night and destroyed a historic bell tower. The fire department arrived with 60 fire engines.
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- A historic town hall in the 12th arrondissement caught fire on Monday night.
- The fire department had the fire under control by early morning.
- No one was injured in the blaze, but the historic bell tower was completely destroyed.
- The images of the fire are reminiscent of the devastating fire in Notre Dame, which caused millions of euros in damage in 2019.
Major fire in the French capital Paris on Monday night: a fire broke out in the roof of the town hall in the 12th arrondissement at around 3 am.
The fire department arrived with 60 fire engines and 150 firefighters and had the fire under control by the morning, police prefect Laurent Nuñez told RTL. No one was injured, but experts fear that the badly damaged historic bell tower of the neo-renaissance building could collapse.
Memories of Notre Dame
Watching the videos of the firefighting work brings back memories of the major fire at Notre Dame, which caused multi-million-dollar damage in April 2019.
blue News shows you the video footage of the extinguishing work.
