Staff members at France's national public radio station were forced to evacuate Friday when a fire broke out at its headquarters in Paris.
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The Le Monde newspaper reported the fire began around noon on the eighth floor of the Radio France building in the 16th arrondissement of the French capital.
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Renovations had been taking place in the building, where thousands of people work. However, Radio France said no one was injured in the blaze.
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"We were in the middle of the news and suddenly they demanded we stop everything and evacuate the studio," Christine Moncla, a France Culture journalist, told Le Monde.
"There was just enough time to make an announcement on the air to to notify our listeners and we went down stairs."
