I have never heard of there being any danger of the Eiffel Tower catching fire.
It's made of steel and wrought iron, you know.
But I suppose that all those layers of paint are potentially inflammable.
(The proper term is inflammable because inflame is a verb, but "flame" is not a verb.)
So maybe they never put a fire sprinkler system in the Tower.
And there are a lot of electric wires in it.
Boy, if this really burns, it's going to be destroyed, and it might even be in danger of falling over.
The Eiffel Tower has become the national symbol of France. When it was built in the late 19th century for the World's Fair, its architect and engineer Eiffel had forseen it to have a lifespan of about 20 years, or 30 maximum. So it should have been demolished about 100 years ago. But popular uprising in support of maintaining it has kept it standing all these years.
In light of the comments I've been seeing regarding the truck terrorism in Nice and the general discontent of the French people with all this mayhem, they're going to be moved to a most extreme emotional state seeing their beloved Tower falling over.
This is terrible news, indeed.
It bodes ill for any prospect of peace in France: cινιℓ ωαr is imminent!