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A restaurant in the centre of Paris has been engulfed in flames amid the nationwide ‘Block Everything’ protest attended by almost 200,000 people today.

Fire raged in Wafu Bar on Rue St Denis – one of the many consequences of the demonstrations against Emmanuel Macros, the political establishment and planned budget cuts.

Footage showed flames licking the building’s façade as a man was seen climbing down a scaffolding on the building next door, in a race for his life.

France came to a standstill as police clashed with protesters who blocked roads across the country and set more than 100 fires.

Authorities said they had even ‘thwarted’ an ‘intrusion attempt’ on Gare du

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