Eiffel Tower evacuated after fire at famous building The Eiffel Tower was evacuated this morning after a fire started in the lift.
The reported fire happened only hours after a separate blaze erupted at 1 rue de la Pépinière, opposite the Cour de Rome, nearly two miles northeast of the Eiffel Tower.
(AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)] Fire officials said the blaze near the busy St Lazare train station was caused by an accident at a construction site.
(Photo by Anna KURTH / AFP) (Photo by ANNA KURTH/AFP via Getty Images)] Some 1,200 people were evacuated.
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