Firefighters in January 2019 (illustration). - Clément Follain / 20 Minutes

Several fires were declared, this Friday at the end of the afternoon, near the Gare de Lyon in Paris, on the sidelines of the concert of a Congolese star, announced the prefecture of police). These would be “open-air vehicle fires” according to the firefighters, interviewed by our colleagues from Figaro .

"Unacceptable abuses take place in the Bercy sector on the sidelines of a concert.
The FDO intervenes immediately and systematically to put an end to it, "said the Paris police headquarters on Twitter.

Unacceptable abuses take place in the #Bercy sector on the sidelines of a concert.
#FDOs intervene immediately and systematically to end it. pic.twitter.com/Jp19b0q0NB

- Police Prefecture (@prefpolice) February 28, 2020

“Smoke entered the station. We closed some accesses, ”said RATP to 20 Minutes , adding that the circulation of metros was temporarily suspended.

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