France's Historic Notre Dame Cathedral Engulfed in Flames

Stunning Images Show France's Historic Notre Dame Cathedral Engulfed in Flames
Tyler Durden

• Apr 15, 2019
  
  

 
Update 5: Though police quickly assured the public that the cause of the fire was accidental, Paris prosecutors have reportedly opened an investigation into who/what started the blaze.
While addressing a round table on the economy in Minnesota, Trump offered more comments on the fire, Trump said the cathedral “looks like it’s burning to the ground.”
Though officials say the fire looks like an accident, it’s certainly curious that ten Catholic churches have been vandalized across France in the span of a week.

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'The inferno cannot be stopped': Fire chiefs say blaze ravaging Notre Dame cathedral is out of control after spire COLLAPSES and the entire roof of the stunning 850-year-old building burns to ashes

• Officials in Paris said a large operation had been launched in an attempt to bring the raging fire under control 
  
• Pictures from around the city posted on social media showed flames licking up Notre Dame's famous spire 
  
• The fire was first reported at 5.50pm (GMT) on Monday and the building was evacuated soon afterwards 
  
• Authorities say there were no deaths from the fire although declined to comment on the number of injuries
  
  

French fire chiefs have warned the devastating inferno which ravaged the world-famous Notre Dame cathedral this evening evening 'cannot be stopped'.  
An official in the French interior ministry said saving the building 'is not certain' after the spire and part of the roof collapsed earlier this evening - adding that it may not be possible to stop the blaze consuming yet more of the structure. 
A spokesman for the cathedral said the entire wooden frame of the cathedral would likely come down, and that the vault of the edifice could be threatened too.
'Everything is burning, nothing will remain from the frame,' Notre Dame spokesman Andre Finot said. The 12th-century cathedral is home to incalculable works of art and is one of the world's most famous tourist attractions. 

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A shard of the cathedral's spire plummets through the air as it collapsed earlier this evening after the fire chewed through its foundations

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Teams of firefighters from across the city were called in to try and put out the fire after it spread quickly through the cathedral on Monday evening

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Much of the top of the structure fell victim to the inferno including the famous spire and part of the dome at the back of the church

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Smoke continues to billow into the Paris sky this evening as firefighters try to stop the flames from spreading
Photos showed huge plumes of smoke billowing into the city's skyline and flames engulfing large sections of the historic building as firefighters struggled to contain the inferno. 
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According to French newspaper Le Monde, the fire broke out in the attic of the monument before spreading across the roof. 
Officials in Paris said the fire could be linked to restoration works as the peak of the church is currently undergoing a 6 million-euro ($6.8 million) renovation project. 
A spokesperson for the cathedral said the blaze was first reported at 5.50pm (GMT) and the building was evacuated soon after. 
Police said no deaths have been reported although officials did not comment on injuries. 
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Firefighters were still battling to bring the blaze under control as night drew in on Paris and the roof of Notre Dame was still on fire. The stained glass window also appeared to have been destroyed by the heat of the fire

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The scaffolding at the top of the church and the wooden frame of the building was said to be completely ablaze by a cathedral spokesperson

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The famous spire of Notre Dame collapsed dramatically at around 7.15pm GMT after the blaze tore through the wooden structure at the top of the building

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A spokesperson for the cathedral told Le Monde that the entire frame of the historic cathedral's roof (pictured here before the blaze) had caught fire



French President Emmanuel Macron postponed a televised speech to the nation because of the stunning blaze and was going to the cathedral himself.
Macron tweeted shortly after the blaze: 'Our Lady of Paris in flames. Emotion of a whole nation. Thoughts go out to all Catholics and all of France. Like all our countrymen, I'm sad tonight to see this part of us burn.'
Macron's pre-recorded speech was set to be aired Monday evening, to lay out his long-awaited answers to the yellow vest crisis that has rocked the country since last November.
Cathedral spokesman Andre Finot told Le Monde: 'Everything is burning. The frame - which dates to the 19th century on one side and the 13th century on the other – there will be nothing left.
'We will have to wait and see whether the vault, which protects the Cathedral, will be touched by the fire on not.'

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