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Images show smoke billowing from a spectacular fire that broke out late Sunday morning in a warehouse at the Rungis market near Paris without causing any casualties, according to initial information provided by the fire brigade contacted by AFP. IMAGES
A fire in a 4,000 m2 warehouse, with a high risk of spreading, broke out early Friday morning in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis), without causing any injuries, but causing a partial interruption of traffic on the RER B train line which links the French capital to Charles de Gaulle airport. IMAGES
Four months ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera inaugurates the Yves-du-Manoir stadium, in the northwestern Paris suburb of Colombes. The stadium, which was the main site for the 1924 Paris Olympics is ready, a century later, to welcome hundreds of participants and tens of thousands of spectators. IMAGES
The dismantling of the scaffolding around the spire of Notre-Dame de Paris, which was burnt in a fire in 2019, is underway and is expected to take a few months. The spire should be fully visible for the Paris Olympic Games, as the public institution confirmed to AFP. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron checks Notre Dame's new spire and speaks with people in charge of the cathedral's restoration. exactly one year till it is scheduled to reopened on Dec 8th, 2024. The UNESCO-listed building was badly damaged by fire in 2019. IMAGES