The 143-year-old city hall in Limoges, France, burned on the night of October … · @pirrer · TwKit

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The 143-year-old city hall in Limoges, France, burned on the night of October 17, and the upper section of its clock tower collapsed into the fire. A nationwide protest over the rising cost of living spun out of control in Limoges at dusk. A masked group smashed windows, broke in and set fires inside. The fire reached the roof around 7 p.m.; after 8:30 p.m. the top of the central tower came down. The local prefect said the roof collapsed onto the floors below, except in the west wing. President Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) vowed that those who ransacked the city hall would be prosecuted and punished. By the next afternoon, more than 2,000 people had been arrested across France. The building was inaugurated on Bastille Day 1883. Its facades and roofs, listed as a historic monument in 1975, are the parts the fire hit hardest. On October 18, the mayor gave the government 24 hours to announce a plan for Limoges, or he and the whole city council would resign. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu (@SebLecornu) wrote that the city hall will be rebuilt, with direct support from the state budget. Officials have not said whether it will be restored as it was, or get a new design. #Limoges #France

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