As reports roll in about the 18 week Yellow Vest protest along Paris' landmark Champs-Elysees avenue, with them are also reports of businesses being vandalized, looted and set on fire.
A bank that was set on fire is located on the ground floor of an apartment building.
Firefighters had to evacuate the building of its residents which included a nine-month-old baby before putting out the blaze.
A group of anarchists who are referred to as the Black Bloc are being blamed for starting the blaze.
READ: REPORTS OF VANDALISM, RIOTING BY YELLOW VEST PROTESTERS IN PARIS
The businesses targeted are associated with the elite.
Tara Jarmon, Nespresso, Hugo Boss, Longchamp, Lacoste, a cafe that is frequented by the political elite and celebrities called Fouquet's was set on fire.
[Featured image 'Champs-Élysées Shops in Paris, France' by Simeon87 via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0]
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