The bright red windmill of the Moulin Rouge has been an omnipresent marker atop the famed cabaret venue for more than a century.
But on Thursday, Parisians woke up to an alarming sight: the blades of the windmill bent and lying on the ground after they broke off and fell overnight.
Footage circulating in local news media on Thursday showed the blades tangled on the ground in front of the building.
Three letters of the bright “Moulin Rouge” sign also appeared to have fallen.
Firefighters were called to the area after 2 a.m., a spokeswoman for the Paris Fire Brigade said, and examined the structure to make sure nothing else was threatening to fall.
Organizations:
Firefighters, Paris Fire Brigade, Workers
Locations:
Moulin Rouge, Rouge