# Fire completely destroys Paris’s oldest covered food market

https://mins.news/en/item/96091

- euronews, 2026-10-12 08:47 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/12/fire-totally-destroys-oldest-covered-food-market-in-paris-authorities-say

> Authorities say a fire has completely destroyed the Marché Couvert des Enfants Rouges in Paris’s Marais district. The market dates to 1615; its name refers to the red clothes worn by orphans at a nearby hospital until 1772.

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