Crédit Lyonnais fire: thirty years after the May 5, 1996 tragedy

The Paris headquarters of Crédit Lyonnais is devastated by fire on the morning of May 5, 1996, on Boulevard des Italiens.

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The fact

This major fire marks the history of French finance and the early days of the banking group.

Thirty years later, this event remains a symbol of institutional crises in the banking sector.

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