France's Louvre art museum on fire; firefighters working blaze now

UPDATE: The Louvre Was On Fire

The iconic and world renowned Louvre museum in Paris is currently ablaze.
Pictures posted on Twitter show the legendary art museum, home to such iconic pieces as the Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa, is currently awash with smoke and flames.
From the look of it, firefighters are on the scene fighting the blaze.

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GTFO!

this is a real doom

video at link; all seems to be well --

2m2 minutes ago
Blaze has been quickly put out by firefighters #paris #louvre #feu
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fire seemed to be at/near a front entrance -- vandalism ??

ffs OP that article is from 2011

damn -- i was sure i set the search parameters for the past hour -- sorry, well, the tweet pics are accurate and it does appear to be out, but I do thank you for the correction



here's another pic of fire being put out --
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THE jEWS dON IT

5m5 minutes ago
Fire's out in construction site on Seine-side of #louvre... Floods and fire-- no luck as of late in #Paris [link to twitter.com (secure)]

lol fail.

little fire, big article fail

Fire on the facade of the Museum of the #Louvre in Paris. Unknown origin.
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and here's a good pic of the fire before it was extinguished -- [link to twitter.com (secure)]

Someone call Olivia Pope!