There is astonishment on the Montmartre hill in Paris, where the imposing blades of the Moulin Rouge cabaret fell for a reason still unknown during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. No one was injured in the incident.
The wings of the dean of Parisian cabarets, known throughout the world, fell during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, firefighters in the French capital said.
The letters M, O and U of its name, located on the facade, have also fallen. Thursday morning, a dump truck removed the blades and the clearing operation ended around 8:35 a.m.
No injuries were reported, firefighters said, adding that there was no longer any risk of collapse. The reasons for this fall are currently unknown.
“Technical problem”
The management of the Moulin Rouge ruled out any “malicious act” on Thursday and assured that the incident was “obviously” caused by a “technical problem”.
This is the first time that an accident of this type has occurred since its creation on October 6, 1889.
The Red Mill
“It’s funny. It’s like cutting off the head of the Eiffel Tower. It hurts me. I hope they will repair it quickly,” reacted Daniel, 58, a resident who walks past the building every days to go to work.
“This is the first time that an accident of this type has occurred since its creation on October 6, 1889,” said the Moulin Rouge.
“It happened after closing at 1:15 a.m. fortunately,” said the same source, indicating that, “every week, the technical management of the cabaret checks the mechanism of the wings of the mill and did not notice any issue”.
The only serious accident that occurred in the world temple of cancan was a fire due to work in 1915, according to the cabaret, which had to close for nine years.