Henry Samuel
Daily Telegraph UK·
3 mins to read
A fire destroyed the Enfants Rouges covered market in the third district of Paris in the night of October 11 to October 12, 2026, leaving one person slightly injured, firefighters announced. Photo / Brigade des Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris (BSPP), AFP
Paris’ oldest food market, Le Marché Couvert des Enfants Rouges, has been destroyed by fire.
The fire was reported at 4.15am on Monday, and 150 firefighters using 50 vehicles were sent to the scene, near apartment buildings in the fashionable Haut Marais district in the city’s third arrondissement. The cause