The fire is under control according to firefighters. The causes of the incident are not yet known, according to the Paris police chief who visited the scene.
Published on 27/01/2025 06:59
Updated on 27/01/2025 07:14
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No casualties have been reported. A fire broke out in the town hall building in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, Monday January 27, confirmed the capital's police prefect, Laurent Nunez, while videos and photos of the building engulfed in flames were published on social networks. More than 150 firefighters have been engaged since 3:20 a.m. by a fire which set the campanile and the spire of the building ablaze. “threatens to collapse”detailed Laurent Nunez. “As I speak to you, the fire is not completely under control,” he declared during a situation update. About twenty minutes later, the firefighters finally announced that it was the case.
The sector is cordoned off according to Here. “A violent fire broke out last night in the town hall of the 12th arrondissement, igniting its bell tower and damaging the roof. For the moment no casualties have been reported,” reacted the mayor of Paris in a story posted on Instagram. Anne Hidalgo thanks the firefighters for their intervention and specifies that she is alongside Emmanuelle Pierre-Marie, the mayor of the district and Laurent Nunez. “I looked out the window and I saw the bell tower, the whole upper part of the town hall, it could look like Notre-Dame from this point of view, it’s really the upper part under the flames”testifies to franceinfo Aurélien, a local resident.
