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Fire breaks out in central Paris restaurant amid nationwide protests
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on September 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on September 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
A fire erupted in a Paris restaurant during protests against Macron's policies, causing disruptions and clashes with police.
PARIS (Reuters) -Firefighters tried to put a fire in a central Paris restaurant amid nationwide "Block Everything" protest on Wednesday.
TV images showed flames licking the building's facade as a resident was seen climbing down via scaffolding on the building next door.
Protesters across France disrupted traffic, burnt rubbish bins and at times clashed with police on Wednesday in a bid to "Block Everything" in a show of anger against President Emmanuel Macron, the political establishment and planned budget cuts.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon, writing by GV De Clercq)
The fire broke out amid nationwide protests known as 'Block Everything' on Wednesday.
Protesters across France disrupted traffic, burned rubbish bins, and clashed with police.
The protests were a show of anger against President Emmanuel Macron and his policies.
Firefighters were seen trying to extinguish the flames licking the building's facade.
TV images showed flames on the building's facade and a resident climbing down via scaffolding.
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