French Police Rebut Rumors of a Fire at the Eiffel Tower Amid Nice Attack

France is in crisis fight now over an apparent attack in Nice, and authorities have had to rebut other rumors that spread of a fire at the Eiffel Tower.

Images from the scene were posted online:

#BREAKING Fire near Eiffel Tower following the attack in Nice pic.twitter.com/MXO8SaWT7i

— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) July 14, 2016

Incident next to the Eiffel Tower. Few details so far. pic.twitter.com/xkyyRzLyOx

— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) July 14, 2016

And the idea of “fire” at the Eiffel Tower was quickly spread around social media.

But French authorities quickly debunked the rumors:

Ne propagez pas de fausses rumeurs. Aucun incendie à la #TourEiffel. Un incendie accidentel de camion a eu lieu pont d'Iéna. Il est éteint.

— Préfecture de police (@prefpolice) July 14, 2016

It reads, in part, “Don’t spread false rumors. No fire to the Eiffel Tower.”

It turns out that it was just an accident set off in a fireworks truck.

[image via screengrab]

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