Fire breaks out near Place de L'Opera in central Paris

[November 20, 2021]    PARIS (Reuters) - A large fire broke out in a building on boulevard des Capucines, near the Place de L'Opera square in central Paris on Saturday, sending clouds of smoke rising into the air.

Fire and smoke come out of a building near Place de l'Opera in Paris, France, November 20, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video. @alex_grandremy/via REUTERS

"Firemen are intervening, avoid the area," the Prefecture de Police said in a statement on Twitter.

It was not immediately clear what caused the fire.

(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon, Benoit Tessier; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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