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A stampede broke out last night at a fan zone in France while the quarter final between Germany and Italy was taking place.
According to reports, a panicked evacuation took place at the fan zone after a firecracker was let off prompting people to flee from the area thinking it was under attack from gun shots.Big Bang, smoke & stampede in the Paris fan zone, fences getting smashed down to escape, women and children in tears. Luckily a false alarm.An onlooker, Henry Wensleydale, captured the moment people began to run from the fan zone which was located at the foot of the Eifel Tower in the heart of Paris.
“People were screaming, there were lots of people in tears and there were lots of women with only one shoe afterwards because they had been running like mad.”Toby Smyth also told the paper:“It’s scenes you see on the news but never think you’ll be part of. It’s a reflection of the fear that is here in Paris. Families scattered.
“We helped a Canadian family in tears. There were 24 of them, their first day in France, who said they now wanted to fly home. I got pulled over a fence and lost my shoe in the stampede.”Booze‘This life is different’ – Saoirse Ruane’s mum shares positive updatePeople believe Gypsy Rose Blanchard never should’ve been sent to prison