![]() ![]() ![]() He added: “We can be only horrified by what we see.”Īssociated Press reporters at the scene saw massive plumes of yellow brown smoke filling the air above the Cathedral and ash falling on the island that houses Notre Dame and marks the center of Paris. “Happy and unfortunate events for centuries have been marked by the bells of Notre Dame.” “It’s been 800 years that the Cathedral watches over Paris”, Pascal said. Paris Archbishop Michel Aupetit invited priests across France to ring church bells in a call for prayers for the beloved Paris cathedral.ĭeputy mayor Emmanuel Gregoire said emergency services were trying to salvage the famed art pieces stored in the cathedral.įrench historian Camille Pascal told BFM broadcast channel the blaze marked “the destruction of invaluable heritage.” As the cathedral burned, Parisians gathered to pray and sing hymns outside the church of Saint Julien Les Pauvres across the river from Notre Dame while the flames lit the sky behind them.įrench President Emmanuel Macron was treating the fire as a national emergency, rushing to the scene and straight into meetings at the Paris police headquarters nearby. The fire came less than a week before Easter amid Holy Week commemorations. #Notre dame cathedral rose window collage windowsLate Monday, signs pointed to the fire nearing an end as lights could be seen through the windows moving around the front of the cathedral, apparently investigators inspecting the scene. Speaking alongside junior Interior minister Laurent Nunez late Monday, police chief Jean-Claude Gallet said “two thirds of the roofing has been ravaged.” Gallet said firefighters would keep working overnight to cool down the building. Hundreds of people lined up bridges around the island that houses the church, watching in shock as acrid smoke rose in plumes. The Paris prosecutors’ office ruled out arson and possible terror-related motives, and said it was treating it as an accident.įlames shot out of the roof behind the nave of the cathedral, among the most visited landmarks in the world. The exact cause of the blaze was not known, but French media quoted the Paris fire brigade as saying the fire is “potentially linked” to a 6 million-euro ($6.8 million) renovation project on the church’s spire and its 250 tons of lead. ![]()
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