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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Rachel Hagan

Bordeaux town hall seen ENGULFED in flames as protests turn streets into carnage

A town hall has been set on fire by protesters who are furious about the France's plans to raise the pension age.

Videos shared on social media showed flames engulfing the building’s front doors, as cheers can be heard from a crowd of people gathered in the town square.

Bordeaux's historic Hotel de Ville was completed in 1778, just over a decade before the French Revolution.

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