FRANCE: CREDIT LYONNAIS BANK HEADQUARTERS DAMAGED BY FIRE IN PARIS

Record ID: 566040

  • Title: FRANCE: CREDIT LYONNAIS BANK HEADQUARTERS DAMAGED BY FIRE IN PARIS
  • Date: 5th May 1996
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (MAY 5, 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV SMOKE BILLOWING FROM CREDIT LYONNAIS BUILDING (3 SHOTS) 0.13 2. CU ZOOM CREDIT LYONNAIS SIGN, FIREFIGHTERS ON TURNTABLE LADDER AIMING HOSES AT WINDOWS 0.26 3. LV CROWDS GATHERED ON STREET BEHIND POLICE CORDON 0.31 4. MV HOSES AIMED AT BLACKENED BUILDING 0.36 5. SLV FIREFIGHTERS WALKING TOWARDS BUILDING, PAST FIREENGINE 0.48 6. CLOSE UPS OF FIRE THROUGH WINDOW 0.54 7. LV FIREFIGHTERS WITH HOSES FROM GROUND TURNING JETS ONTO BURNING BUILDING 1.08 8. LV FIREFIGHTERS UP LADDERS HOSING BUILDING 1.12 9. SLV FIRE TRUCK WITH SIREN BLAZING 1.18 10. GV STREET WITH BURNING BUILDING/TURNTABLE LADDER 1.24 11. MV WOMAN SKETCHING SCENE OF FIRE 1.34 12. SLV FIREFIGHTER ON LADDER CLOSE TO FLAMES 1.38 13. GV BUILDING ON FIRE, SMOKE 1.44 14. SLV POLICE STANDING BY 1.49 15. SLV FIRE ENGINE AT SCENE 1.53 16. LV MORE HOSES TRAINED ON BLACKENED BUILDING 2.00 17. GV BURNING BUILDING, FIREFIGHTERS 2.09 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 20th May 1996 13:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
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  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA863G91H2QVPVE5DDE0BD8A5YT
  • Story Text: - INTRO: French bank Credit Lyonnais is badly damaged by fire. The smoke from the blaze could be seen across Paris.

    ----------------------------------------------- A fierce fire continued to burn on Sunday (May 5) at the headquarters of France's largest state controlled bank, Credit Lyonnais, in Paris.

    The fire broke out on Sunday morning in the bank's trading room, not far from the Paris stock exchange.

    By noon, over 150 firemen from 28 stations throughout the capital were struggling to contain the fire. Twelve people were so far been reported injured and were being treated by ambulances at the scene.

    Large columns of black smoke billowing from the four storey building could be seen across Paris.

    Firemen were able to salvage much of the computer equipment from the trading floor which houses vital information to the bank's operations. The cause of the fire was unknown but its origin is suspected to be a technical flaw.

    "Credit Lyonnais customers will see no difference tomorrow morning" due to the blaze, a bank spokesman told reporters on the scene.


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