PARIS, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Around 60 firemen were fighting a fire in the roof of the luxury Ritz Paris hotel in Place Vendome, central Paris, on Tuesday, officials said.
A spokesman for the Paris fire authorities said there were no casualties. The Ritz Paris was due to re-open this year after more than three years of renovation work.
"The main aim is to stop the fire from spreading, a fire service spokesman said.
The former home of fashion designer Coco Chanel and author Marcel Proust - and a favourite drinking hole of American writer Ernest Hemingway - the Ritz Paris was last renovated over a decade beginning in 1979 after its purchase by tycoon Mohamed Al-Fayed.
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A spokesman for the Paris fire authorities said there were no casualties. The Ritz Paris was due to re-open this year after more than three years of renovation work.
"The main aim is to stop the fire from spreading, a fire service spokesman said.
The former home of fashion designer Coco Chanel and author Marcel Proust - and a favourite drinking hole of American writer Ernest Hemingway - the Ritz Paris was last renovated over a decade beginning in 1979 after its purchase by tycoon Mohamed Al-Fayed.
(Reporting by Myriam Rivet and John Irish; Writing by Andrew Callus; Editing by Bate Felix) ((andrew.callus.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.com; +33)(0)(1 49 49 51 30 ; Reuters Messaging: andrew.callus.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
