Paris firefighters have confirmed that the Notre Dame Cathedral fire has been fully extinguished
Firefighters at the cathedral early this morning. Image: KAMIL ZIHNIOGLU/PA Images Firefighters at the cathedral early this morning. Image: KAMIL ZIHNIOGLU/PA Images Updated 13 minutes agoThe Paris fire service made the announcement at about 8.45am Irish time.
The inferno destroyed the roof of the 850-year-old Unesco world heritage landmark, whose spectacular Gothic spire collapsed as orange flames and clouds of grey smoke billowed into the early evening sky. Laurent Nunez, state secretary at the interior ministry, told reporters that with the immediate “danger of the fire over”, the focus would be on assessing the damage to the building’s structure.
The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear, but the cathedral had been undergoing intense restoration work which the fire service said could be linked to the blaze.Historians expressed dismay at the collapse of a building that has been a symbol of France for almost a millennium. “We will rebuild Notre Dame because it is what the French expect,” he said, describing Notre Dame as “the epicentre of our life” and the cathedral of “all the French”, whether religious or not.I’d like to say words of comfort and solidarity with the French nation, also as citizen of Gdańsk, 90% destroyed and burnt, later rebuilt. You will also rebuild your cathedral!
The cathedral is located at the very centre of the French capital and its construction was completed in the mid-12th century after some 200 years of work.
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