The blades of the landmark red windmill atop the Moulin Rouge, Paris‘ smost famous cabaret club, crashed to the ground overnight in the early hours of Thursday.

A venue spokesperson told Reuters: “We don’t know what happened, it occurred between 2am and 3am, no one was hurt.”

They added that the last show had finished at 1.15am.

“Fortunately this happened after closing,” a Moulin Rouge official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

“Every week, the cabaret’s technical teams check the windmill mechanism and did not note any problems,” the source said, adding that there was no more information on the reason for the collapse.

“It’s the first time that an accident like this has happened since” the cabaret first opened, the source said.

Footage shared on social media captured the aftermath of the incident as the large windmill blades lay on the ground outside the historic venue.

Firefighters said the cause of the incident is not yet known and there is no risk of any further collapse.

The incident comes just a few months before the start of the Paris Olympics, which the French capital will host between 26 July and 11 August.

Moulin Rouge is best known by many as the birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. The club was founded in 1889 and the audience for its dance shows is largely made up of tourist groups.

This is a developing story and is being updated.