An evacuation has taken place at the Eiffel Tower in Paris with reports that the iconic structure in the French capital is on fire and emergency services are at the scene

The Eiffel Tower was temporarily evacuated on Tuesday after a short circuit hit the Parisian landmark. The fire alarm was triggered in the morning due to a short circuit in a lift shaft, reported French broadcaster BFMTV.

The Eiffel Tower was evacuated this morning after a fire alarm was sounded at the iconic landmark. It was reported that a blaze had broken out in the lift shaft between the first and second floor of the iconic tower in Paris, France. Around 1,200 visitors were rushed out of the building shortly after 10.30am.

The Eiffel Tower has been evacuated following reports of a fire, French media has said. They reported that a fire had been spotted in one of the Paris landmark's elevator shafts and people had been evacuated for their own safety, before adding that the fire had since been put out.

The Eiffel Tower was evacuated this morning after a fire started in the lift. Firefighters were ‘unable to access the flames’ inside the lift shaft between the ground and first floors, Frontières reported at 10.35am. A police source told Boulevard Voltaire just after midday local time that the fire had been extinguished.

Initial reports suggest that the fire may have been triggered by an overheating device near an elevator cable, according to a police source cited by Boulevard Voltaire.

Around a thousand people were evacuated from the Eiffel Tower on Christmas Eve after a fire alarm. The alarm was set off by a short circuit in the elevator system between the second floor and the top of the tower, the management company said in a statement. There was no fire.

The Eiffel tower was evacuated on Christmas eve after a fire alarm sounded. Visitors have been temporary barred from parts of the Paris attraction, with organisers hoping to reopen the tower “gradually” during the day “up to the second floor”.

Visitors were evacuated from the Eiffel Tower on Tuesday (December 24), after a fire alarm was set off by a short circuit in the elevator system between the second floor and the top of the tower, the management company said in a statement.

Some 1,200 people had to be evacuated from the Eiffel Tower after a fire broke out at the iconic Paris landmark. French police told local media that flames were spotted in the elevator shaft between the first and second floors.