Paris’s oldest covered food market gutted by major overnight fire

editorial@africanews.com (Alexis Caraco) · Africanews

Published 13 Oct 2026, 1:01 am·1 h ago·1 min read

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Fire tore through Paris’s oldest covered food market in the Marais, leaving traders devastated. An investigation is under way and the market may stay shut for months.

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