Versailles Palace briefly evacuated due to fire
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Versailles, France: A fire broke out at France s Palace of Versailles on Tuesday, prompting a brief evacuation but causing no casualties or damage to...
Versailles, France: A fire broke out at France's Palace of Versailles on Tuesday, prompting a brief evacuation but causing no casualties or damage to its collections, spokespeople for the world-famous monument and firefighters said.
A fire broke out at a construction site near the roof of the main building, which was quickly extinguished "with a bucket of water", firefighters said.
Nearly 100 firefighters were mobilized and teams remained on site to prevent any new fires.
The chateau was evacuated as a security measure, the palace's spokespeople said.
The castle and gardens reopened Tuesday afternoon, the official account of the Palace of Versailles said on X (formerly Twitter), stressing that "the incident was quickly brought under control".
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