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Eiffel Tower was evacuated for three hours due to the threat of an explosion
The Eiffel Tower was closed for three hours due to the threat of the explosion. Visitors were evacuated from three floors of the monument and area under it. This was reported by Agency France-Presse.
The alarm was declared a little later than noon on Parisian time (in the afternoon in Moscow). The building was cordoned off, police sappers worked in it. At 15:30, the tower was again open to visits, representatives of the operating company of the Eiffel Tower and the Police told the agency.
Details of the message about the explosion, due to which the evacuation was carried out, are unknown. The last time the tower was closed due to the threat of a terrorist attack in 2020, for two hours. Then, as this time, no traces of explosives were found.