https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The major fire that broke out in northern Paris on Monday evening had been contained by Tuesday morning, authorities said. However, dozens of firefighters have remained on site and the public were asked to stay away from the area. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250407/in-pictures-200-firefighters-battle-huge-paris-inferno Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:12:35 +0200 in-pictures-200-firefighters-battle-huge-paris-inferno A major fire broke out at a historic church in northern France early on Monday, with its bell tower collapsing as a result of the blaze, officials said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240902/fire-ravages-church-in-northern-france Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:25:56 +0200 fire-ravages-church-in-northern-france An apartment building blaze early Thursday killed seven people in the southern French city of Nice and police were investigating the fire as a possible arson, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240718/seven-killed-in-building-fire-in-frances-nice Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:21:05 +0200 seven-killed-in-building-fire-in-frances-nice A fire broke out on Thursday in the spire of the cathedral in northern French city Rouen, its mayor said, sharing a photo of a column of smoke rising from the Gothic landmark. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240711/fire-breaks-out-at-frances-rouen-cathedral Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:30:56 +0200 fire-breaks-out-at-frances-rouen-cathedral Twin babies were killed, and their father seriously injured, when a fire broke out in their home in northwest France on Saturday, firefighters said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231126/twin-babies-die-in-house-fire-in-france Sun, 26 Nov 2023 09:34:29 +0100 twin-babies-die-in-house-fire-in-france Fire tore through a building in the northern Paris suburb of Stains in the early hours of Saturday morning leaving three dead and eight injured. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231125/three-killed-in-fire-near-the-french-capital Sat, 25 Nov 2023 13:05:15 +0100 three-killed-in-fire-near-the-french-capital French prosecutors said on Friday they had opened a manslaughter investigation into the death of 11 people in a fire in a holiday home which failed to meet safety standards. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230811/france-opens-manslaughter-probe-into-holiday-home-blaze Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:47:35 +0200 france-opens-manslaughter-probe-into-holiday-home-blaze French firefighters were battling a major blaze in grain storage silos on Thursday in the western port of La Rochelle, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230810/grain-silos-ablaze-in-western-french-port Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:55:23 +0200 grain-silos-ablaze-in-western-french-port A holiday home in France where 11 people were killed in a fire was flouting the fire security standards required for such a property, a prosecutor said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230810/french-holiday-home-in-deadly-fire-breached-safety-standards Thu, 10 Aug 2023 12:49:22 +0200 french-holiday-home-in-deadly-fire-breached-safety-standards Eleven people are confirmed to have died in a fire at a holiday lodging in eastern France, being used by a group of adults with learning disabilities, deputy prosecutor for the region Nathalie Kielwasser told reporters on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230809/11-missing-after-fire-at-french-disabled-holiday-centre Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:00:26 +0200 11-missing-after-fire-at-french-disabled-holiday-centre Five children including a three-year-old were among 10 people killed when a fire broke out in a seven-storey apartment building in a suburb of the French city of Lyon, the government said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20221216/10-killed-including-5-children-in-fire-in-lyon Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:25:53 +0100 10-killed-including-5-children-in-fire-in-lyon A major blaze swept through part of one of the world's biggest fresh produce markets on the outskirts of Paris on Sunday.  https://www.thelocal.fr/20220926/huge-fire-destroys-warehouse-at-giant-paris-market Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:44:46 +0200 huge-fire-destroys-warehouse-at-giant-paris-market French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday praised efforts made to rebuild the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, saying continued mobilisation was needed to meet the government's target of restoring the landmark within three years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210415/paris-fire-damaged-notre-dame-cathedral-on-course-to-reopen-in-2024 Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:57:05 +0200 paris-fire-damaged-notre-dame-cathedral-on-course-to-reopen-in-2024 Snuggling up in front of the fire or log burner with a glass of wine is one of the highlights of countryside living for many, but a proposed new environmental law aim to change their use in France. Here's what is happening. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210414/france-to-bring-in-new-environmental-rules-on-log-burners-and-open-fires Wed, 14 Apr 2021 19:02:55 +0200 france-to-bring-in-new-environmental-rules-on-log-burners-and-open-fires On the evening of April 15th 2019, France and the world watched transfixed in horror as flames ravaged Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, fearful that the heritage landmark could be lost to humanity forever. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210411/thank-goodness-there-is-a-happy-end-rival-tv-series-compete-to-tell-story-of-notre-dame-blaze Sun, 11 Apr 2021 13:10:59 +0200 thank-goodness-there-is-a-happy-end-rival-tv-series-compete-to-tell-story-of-notre-dame-blaze A volunteer assistant suspected of setting a French cathedral on fire was rearrested, then indicted and detained in pre-trial custody by prosecutors overnight Saturday to Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200726/nantes-cathedral-fire-volunteer-rearrested-and-charged-with-arson Sun, 26 Jul 2020 11:30:36 +0200 nantes-cathedral-fire-volunteer-rearrested-and-charged-with-arson Paris police arrested dozens of protesters on Friday who burnt scooters and bins outside a concert venue hosting a Congolese singer they accuse of giving a voice to the Kinshasa regime. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200229/police-arrest-30-over-congo-protest-causes-fire Sat, 29 Feb 2020 12:07:55 +0100 police-arrest-30-over-congo-protest-causes-fire More than 500 firefighters have been called out to battle a blaze that has already destroyed hundreds of hectares of pine forest in southern France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190815/500-firefighters-battle-blaze-in-southern-france-carcassonne-aude Thu, 15 Aug 2019 11:33:45 +0200 500-firefighters-battle-blaze-in-southern-france-carcassonne-aude More than 180 people had to be evacuated after fire tore through a hotel in the popular French ski resort of Megève. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190329/fire-rips-through-hotel-in-the-french-alps-resort-of-megve Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:50:00 +0100 fire-rips-through-hotel-in-the-french-alps-resort-of-megve A woman and a child were killed in a fire in the eastern city of Lyon believed to have been sparked by a gas blast in a bakery, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190210/mother-and-child-die-in-french-bakery-blast Sun, 10 Feb 2019 14:51:52 +0100 mother-and-child-die-in-french-bakery-blast