Eiffel Tower evacuated after climber scales monument
The Eiffel Tower was evacuated and surrounding streets locked down on Monday after a man was spotted scaling the upper heights of the monument in the heart of the French capital, Paris Police and the tower’s operator said.
By : migrator
Update: 2019-05-20 15:51 GMT
Paris
Specialist firefighters were on the scene, the police spokeswoman said.
“The man entered the tower normally and started to climb once he was on the second floor,” a spokeswoman for the tower’s operator told Reuters.
The tower, one of the world’s most recognisable landmarks, will be closed until further notice, the company added in a statement on its official Twitter handle.
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