The undulating smoke behind the Basilica Sacre Coeur as an “important fire” exploded in the nearby District 17, in northern Paris, firefighters announced, without specifying the affected buildings, on April 7, 2025. (Photo Byo Bahaha)
Some 60 firefighters and 200 firefighters were on the scene, said the Fire Brigade.
The flames illuminated the night sky and the authorities closed part of the main ring road around Paris to allow access to the flame building for fire -fighting vehicles, Geoffrey Bouold, mayor of the affected district 17, told BFMTV.
“The building is completely delayed and destroyed,” he said, but all interior staff had evacuated.
The smoke uplizes the horizon of Paris as an “important fire” burns in a recycling plant in the seventeenth district, in northern Paris, on April 7, 2025. (Michel Rubinel / AFP photo)
“The firefighters raised very quickly, but the fire occurred underground and then extended through the building,” said Bouold.
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The Paris Fire Brigade said on the X platform that an “important fire” was furious and asked the public to “stay away from the area and let emergency services work.”
The smoke is found through the Paris horizon as a “great fire” burns in a recycling plant near the Court of the Paris Court (R) in district 17, in the north of Paris, on April 7, 2025. (Michel Rubinel / AFP photo)
The fire, at the Syctom recycling plant, was next to the Paris main court complex.
The recycling plant, which began operations in 2019, was designed to handle household waste for almost a million residents in Paris, according to the city authorities.
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