Moulin Rouge's world-famous windmill sails FALL OFF and crash onto the street ... trends now
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The blades of the world-famous windmill at the Moulin Rouge cabaret club fell off and crashed onto the street below during the night, firefighters have said.
The collapsing structure took with it the first three letters of the iconic theatre's illuminated sign, with pictures showing the red tower standing without sails above the damaged frontage.
'Fortunately this happened after closing,' a Moulin Rouge official said. 'We don't know what happened, it occurred between 02.00 and 03.00 am, no one was hurt,' they explained, adding the night's last show had finished at 1.15 am.
'Every week, the cabaret's technical teams check the windmill mechanism and did not note any problems,' the source said, adding that there was no more information on the reason for the collapse.
They added that it's the first time that an accident like this has happened since the historic attraction, famously the home of the can-can dance, first opened its doors more than 130 years ago.
The blades of the famous windmill at the Moulin Rouge cabaret club in Paris have fallen off
BEFORE: The windmill sails complete with their famous bright lights atop the famous red tower
The broken sails being winched into a lorry by workmen to be taken away after the collapse
Shocked passersby stopped, looked and took pictures of the damaged windmill sails, crumpled on the ground
Cordons and barricades were seen around the unit, which had tarpaulin over it before it was removed
