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Eiffel Tower on fire
AP / WSTR Radio, Atlanta | 7.22.03

Posted on 07/22/2003 10:38:13 AM PDT by mhking

Apparently something has happened in Paris. Anyone with details?


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: parisites
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1 posted on 07/22/2003 10:38:14 AM PDT by mhking
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To: mhking
Is Paris Burning?
2 posted on 07/22/2003 10:39:17 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: mhking; Dog
You two are quick! Which thread stays?
3 posted on 07/22/2003 10:39:54 AM PDT by CFW
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To: mhking
BUSH TO CHIRAQ: FU&* OFF
4 posted on 07/22/2003 10:40:24 AM PDT by NC Conservative
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To: mhking
Fox News just said smoke is billowing out of the top floor. Cause unknown.
5 posted on 07/22/2003 10:41:18 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Prof Engineer
ping
6 posted on 07/22/2003 10:41:19 AM PDT by msdrby (Go Navy!)
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To: CFW; mhking
Mike's was first...his stays.
7 posted on 07/22/2003 10:41:32 AM PDT by Dog
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To: mhking
Isn't it made of iron? What's burning on it?
8 posted on 07/22/2003 10:41:37 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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Tour Eiffel is made of metal. Perhaps a piece of elevator machinery has overheated - but the tower itself is non-flammable.

Michael

9 posted on 07/22/2003 10:42:06 AM PDT by Wright is right! (Have a profitable day!)
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To: mhking
Over the weekend a Corsican rebel group detonated bombs in Nice, on the French Riviera.
Could it be related to this ... hmmmm
10 posted on 07/22/2003 10:42:14 AM PDT by BluH2o
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To: mhking
Who cares?
11 posted on 07/22/2003 10:42:28 AM PDT by NeoCaveman ("I don't need the Bush tax cut. I never worked a f****** day in my life. Patrick Kennedy D-RI)
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To: NittanyLion
There's a restaurant on top called Le Jules Verne. It's flammable.
12 posted on 07/22/2003 10:43:00 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (White Devils for Sharpton. We're baaaaad. We're Nationwide)
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To: mhking
Millions of French head to showers for first time in years.
13 posted on 07/22/2003 10:43:23 AM PDT by socal_parrot (Tip your server...)
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To: mhking
FNC just reporting on this
14 posted on 07/22/2003 10:43:36 AM PDT by Mo1 (Please help Free Republic and Donate Now !!!)
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To: mhking
Yup, I just heard it on WLS Chicago radio on the web. Speculation -- Islamist attack?
15 posted on 07/22/2003 10:44:27 AM PDT by demlosers
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Millions of French head to showers for first time in years.

We need to airlift some soap - quickly...

16 posted on 07/22/2003 10:44:59 AM PDT by TomServo ("Hi! I'm Moisty, the national spokesman for sweat!")
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To: CholeraJoe
Could just be a simple kitchen fire then.
17 posted on 07/22/2003 10:45:07 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: mhking
If I recall correctly, there's a little cafe at on the observation deck.
18 posted on 07/22/2003 10:45:18 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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So the eco-terrorists finally figured out that it was just a big oil derrick stuck in the middle of Paris?!

Just kidding...

19 posted on 07/22/2003 10:45:38 AM PDT by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: mhking
Tue July 22, 2003 01:37 PM ET

TV Shows Smoke Billowing from Top of Eiffel Tower

PARIS (Reuters) - French television broadcast live images of smoke billowing out of the top floor of the Eiffel Tower in the heart of Paris on Tuesday.

LCI television channel broadcast images of a trail of smoke rising into the blue sky from the top part of the famous tower. A presenter said tourists were being kept away from the edifice.


20 posted on 07/22/2003 10:45:38 AM PDT by michigander
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