Place Vendome garage full of supercars caught fire in Paris.

The Place Vendome parking garage in the center of Paris partly burned down on March 8 after a car caught fire, montrealracing.com informs. The garage often holds a lot of very rare and exotic cars. Last year the Gumball 3000 had a stop at the Place Vendome in the center of Paris and all the cars of the Gumballers were parked in this garage over night.

Reports indicate that the fire originated at a car parked on the second floor of the Place Vendome, the exact cause of the fire is unknown. The make and model of the car(s) involved remain unconfirmed but rumours among people at the scene in Paris say the car that caught fire was a Ferrari. The fire caused thick black smoke and nearby buildings had to be evacuated. Hopefully the fire troops get the fire under control soon and nobody got injured.

The fire started around 16h40 at the -2 parking, one light wounded was treated by the medics. Around 100 firemen were working on fire but it’s really hard to get the fire under control because of the heavy smoke and high temperatures inside the garage. 

The unconfirmed cause of the fire was a car on -2 that leaked petrol. For safety reasons the Place Vendôme and 400 meter around it has been closed off.

Based on first estimations from insurance experts GTspirit has spoken dozens of vehicles are likely to be destroyed by a fire of this scale and dozens of others are likely to have suffered smoke and / or water damage. Considering the large number of expensive cars parked in the Place Vendome parking garage and damage to the garage itself the total damage of the fire is likely to be in excess of 6 million Euros.