Fire alarm in the Eiffel Tower leads to evacuation on Christmas Eve

The Eiffel Tower evacuated tourists after the fire alarm went off on Tuesday morning, the tower’s operating company said.

At about 10:50 a.m. local time, the fire alarm triggered a short circuit on the busbar of an elevator between the second and top floors, operating and management company SETE said in an emailed statement to USA TODAY.

As per protocol, the tower was evacuated and firefighters arrived on the scene, SETE said. No one was endangered and elevator maintenance providers will conduct an investigation into the cause of the incident.

From this afternoon the tower will be open again up to the second floor.

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The evacuation of the Eiffel Tower follows the reopening of Notre Dame

The incident came weeks after another Paris landmark, Notre-Dame Cathedral, reopened to the public after being closed for repairs following a fire in 2019.

The Eiffel Tower was the backdrop for the 2024 Paris Olympics and received five new rings that the mayor wants to keep on the monument indefinitely, according to NBC News, although the move sparked controversy.

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