Major fire of the Cité des Sciences in Paris

A fire broke out last night at the Cité des Sciences, in the northwest of Paris. Currently, more than a hundred firemen are mobilized to contain the fire that broke out on the night of Wednesday to Thursday for unknown reasons.

Helmet, bottle on back, the fire fighters are coming and going on outside stairs site, and tens of meters of pipes are being made on the ground. An acrid odor emanates from the building but no black smoke.

Firemen were called at 2:30 am (local time). Some 10,000 square meters were affected by the fire and smoke just before 7am, in one of the buildings under construction, and firemen working in difficult conditions because of the size of the fire and the heat, has said the commander Gabtiel Plus, spokesman for the Paris fire brigade.

Source : Ouest-France