An investigation was opened after the start on the night of Friday to Saturday of an intrusion alert and a fire going off in a Parisian brasserie prized by President Emmanuel Macron, we learned from the police prefecture of Paris.
Around 5 am, an intrusion alert went off in the brasserie “La Rotonde”, in the Montparnasse district of Paris. When they arrived, the police discovered a fire had started on the closed terrace. The fire was quickly contained, said the police headquarters.
About "10m2 were burned" and the fire was extinguished "by means of a lance," said a spokesman for the Paris fire brigade.
A presidential brewery
The Paris prosecutor's office confirmed that an investigation had been opened to determine the causes of the fire. The intruders "broke a window of the terrace on the ground floor" and then set fire to, told AFP Serge Tafanel, co-manager of the brewery.
“The damage is considerable. We will not be able to open for several days, even weeks, ”he said, adding that a previous fire attempt had failed on January 9 outside the establishment.
Between the two presidential rounds, Emmanuel Macron had organized a dinner in this brasserie where he had his habits, with his supporters and friends to celebrate his qualification in the second round against Marine Le Pen.
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