Eiffel Tower evacuated as fire breaks out at iconic Paris landmark

People have been evacuated following the fire

The Eiffel Tower has been evacuated following reports of a fire, French media has said.

They reported that a fire had been spotted in one of the Paris landmark’s elevator shafts and people had been evacuated for their own safety, before adding that the fire had since been put out.

French journalist Julien Tellier, working for Boulevard Voltaire, wrote on social media that a fire had been seen in the Eiffel Tower elevator ‘between the first and second floors’.

He then added that around 1,200 people had been evacuated from the site and claimed that a police source had told them an ‘overheating of a cable’ had been the source of the flames.

Tellier then delivered the happier news that the fire had been brought under control and was now out.

The Eiffel Tower has been evacuated after a fire, which has since been put out (Getty Stock Photo)

That is good news for the Parisian landmark, and for the city itself considering Paris has had quite enough of its iconic landmarks burning down.

The city only just celebrated the reopening of Notre Dame after a terrible fire gutted the historic cathedral.

Someone who says they were in the Eiffel Tower today posted online about the fire and said that they had been ‘asked to evacuate immediately’.

This is not the first time the Eiffel Tower has caught fire, with a TV transmitter placed atop it bursting into flames in 1956.

It’s also by no means the first time the iconic symbol of Paris has had to be evacuated, as earlier this year the Eiffel Tower had to be cleared out after a man was spotted climbing on the outside of the tower.

The fire is now out in the Eiffel Tower, with authorities indicating an overheated lift cable as a likely cause. (Getty Stock Photo)

The man, who appeared to be shirtless, was seen climbing above the Olympic rings which had been added to the Eiffel Tower in celebration of Paris hosting the 2024 Olympic Games.

A shirtless man was later seen being escorted away from the scene by police, he was reportedly in handcuffs and remarked on how warm the weather was at the time.

One of the most recognisable landmarks in the world, the Eiffel Tower receives millions of visitors every year.

When construction was completed in 1889, it became the tallest man-made structure in the world before being gazumped by the Chrysler Building in the US 41 years later.

The Eiffel Tower would end up surpassing its transatlantic rival in heigh after that fire in 1956, as after the fire damage was repaired a radio antenna was installed atop the tower which gave it a height boost.