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<h6 class="postid-13709307"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>F</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>ire broke out at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, as roof and spire collapse from the flames on Monday night</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-13709307"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>President Macron said in a speech outside Notre Dame on Monday he was planning to rebuild the cathedral</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-13709307"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>&#8216;We WILL rebuild Notre Dame&#8217;: French president Macron says &#8216;the worst&#8217; has been prevented as bell towers are saved but inferno reduces much of the medieval cathedral to ashes in just an hour</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-13709307"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Firefighters scrambled to remove troves of art treasures from the 850-year-old historic religious edifice, which allegedly took 300 years to build</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-13709307"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Officials in Paris said a large operation had been launched in an attempt to bring the raging fire under control </strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-13709307"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>F</strong></span><strong>irefighters battled for hours to try and stop the blaze amid fears the entire structure could be toppled</strong></h6>
<h6 class="postid-13709307"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Pictures from around the city posted on social media showed flames licking up Notre Dame&#8217;s famous spire</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-13709307"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Fire was first reported at 5.50pm GMT on Monday and the buiding was evacuated soon afterwardslding was evacuated</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-13709307"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Pictures from around the city posted on social media showed flames licking up Notre Dame&#8217;s famous spire </strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-13709307"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The fire was first reported at 5.50pm (GMT) on Monday and the building was evacuated soon afterwards </strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-13709307"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>It&#8217;s revealed that 16 religious status had been removed from the spire for renovation</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="wp-caption-text featured"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-315592" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Fire-breaks-out-at-Notre-Dame-Cathedral-in-Paris-France-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="911" height="604" />The steeple of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral collapses as the cathedral is engulfed in flames</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild Notre Dame with help from the international community after a devastating fire gutted the famous cathedral on Monday night.<br />
Speaking just hours after the roof of the 850-year-old building caved in, Macron told the world&#8217;s assembled press that a national fundraising campaign to restore Notre Dame would be launched Tuesday, and he called on the world&#8217;s &#8216;greatest talents&#8217; to help.<br />
The French leader credited the &#8216;courage&#8217; and &#8216;great professionalism&#8217; of firefighters with sparing Notre Dame&#8217;s facade and two landmark towers from being destroyed.<br />
In an impassioned speech outside the cathedral, Mr Macron said: &#8216;We will appeal to the greatest talents and we will rebuild Notre-Dame because that&#8217;s what the French are waiting for, because that&#8217;s what our history deserves, because it&#8217;s our deepest destiny.&#8217;<br />
Late on Monday evening fire chiefs confirmed that the structure of the cathedral has been saved, despite initial fears it may be entirely destroyed.</p>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-315663" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Notre-Dame-cathedrals-spire-plummets-through-the-air-as-it-collapsed-300x195.png" alt="" width="588" height="382" />A shard of the cathedral&#8217;s spire plummets through the air as it collapsed earlier this evening after the fire chewed through its foundations</strong></h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-315603" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fire-at-Ntre-Dame-2-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="810" height="540" /><strong>Fire rages through France&#8217;s iconic Notre Dame cathedral, on Monday evening</strong></h6>
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<strong>This is the moment the flaming spire of the Notre Dame cathedral fell down as a blaze roared through the historic building Monday.</strong></h6>
<p>Notre Dame Cathedral suffered what officials described as &#8216;collossal damage&#8217; in Monday&#8217;s fire out break. The 850-year-old cathedral was saved from total destruction but the blaze wrecked the iconic spire, roof and glass windows.<br />
Spire of the historic church in Paris.l has collapsed as fire ravaged the historic building with flames erupting through the roof on Monday evening.<br />
The Shocking footage posted on Twitter shows the 300-foot-high spire topple over amid the conflagration at the 850-year-old monument.<br />
Firefighters were still fighting to keep the fire under control Monday evening local time.</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-315648" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fire-at-Ntre-Dame-Aerial-shot-1-300x163.png" alt="" width="652" height="354" /><strong>Aerial drone pictures show the devastation caused by the Notre Dame inferno</strong></h6>
<p>The cause of the fire was not clear, but it was possibly linked to a multimillion-dollar renovation project taking place at the historic structure.<br />
According to French newspaper Le Monde, the fire broke out in the attic of the monument before spreading across the roof.<br />
Officials in Paris said the fire could be linked to restoration works as the peak of the church is currently undergoing a $6.8 million [6 million-euro] renovation project.<br />
Late Monday night, a fire service spokesman said the two towers and the main structure of the cathedral have been saved from complete destruction as blaze begins to weaken.<br />
He added that three or four hours are needed to contain the rampaging flames while France&#8217;s Deputy Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said “the fire had decreased in intensity&#8221;<br />
Emmanuel Gregoire, the deputy mayor of Paris, said the cathedral had suffered &#8220;colossal damages&#8221; and that emergency workers were trying to salvage the art and other priceless pieces stored inside.<br />
Scaffolding that had been set up around the building has been decimated along with large parts of the Cathedral itself, including the spire, which dates back to the mid-19th Century.<br />
A &#8220;stray flame&#8221; linked to the $6.8million renovation work is thought to have sparked the inferno in the loft at around 5.30pm local time.<br />
&#8220;It appears that it all began as a relatively small fire linked to a stray flame in the roof,&#8221; said an emergency services source.<br />
&#8220;The fire was so high up that it was difficult to get to, meaning it soon spread across the roof, causing a terrible blaze.&#8221;<br />
Police said no deaths have been reported although a firefighter has been &#8220;seriously injured&#8221; while battling the blaze, according to local reports.</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-315651" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fire-at-Ntre-Dame-1-300x185.png" alt="" width="1194" height="736" /><strong>Firefighters battle the savage inferno in Paris onMonday night</strong></h6>
<p>As the blaze raged, Paris authorities admitted that getting firefighters to the top of the building “was almost impossible.”<br />
“It’s much too high up, and the only access is stone and spiral staircases – getting fire fighting crews up there is impossible,” said an emergency services source.<br />
“This means that the fire has been able to spread across the roof, and it now threatening the two main Gothic towers.”<br />
The source added: “We are not aware of any casualties, or of anyone being trapped, so there will be no emergency rescue plans being put into action.”<br />
An emergency services source said that a water drop via plane or helicopter &#8220;was impossible&#8221; because the weight of the water dropped at low altitude would weaken the building and cause &#8220;extreme damage.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Everything is collapsing,&#8221; a police officer near the burning edifice said as the entire roof of the cathedral continued to burn on Monday night.</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-315649" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fire-at-Ntre-Dame-Aerial-shot-2-300x178.png" alt="" width="812" height="482" /><strong>Despite the seeming totatal devastation, officials in Paris said the blaze stopped short of totally gutting the 850-year-old medieval church</strong></h6>
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<h6 data-scribe="element:conversation_text"><img class="alignnone wp-image-315650" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fire-at-Ntre-Dame-Aerial-shot-3-221x300.png" alt="" width="588" height="798" /> <strong>Firefighters now believe they have saved the main structure of the church from total destruction</strong></h6>
<h6 data-scribe="element:conversation_text"><img class="alignnone wp-image-315653" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fire-at-Ntre-Dame-3-300x200.png" alt="" width="629" height="419" /> T<strong>he cathedral&#8217;s landmark spire, built in the 19th century, was been destroyed by the inferno</strong></h6>
<h6 data-scribe="element:conversation_text"><img class="alignnone wp-image-315654" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fire-at-Ntre-Dame-4-300x196.png" alt="" width="605" height="395" /><strong>The fire spread quickly and the entire wooden interior of the church was burning, an official said</strong></h6>
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<p>Firefighters cleared the area around the cathedral, which marks the very centre of Paris, while nearby buildings around were evacuated.<br />
&#8220;An evacuation is in progress,&#8221; said a police officer at the scene. &#8220;People are being advised to clear the area.&#8221;<br />
Panicked locals have expressed their concern for the medieval cathedral on Twitter.<br />
One witness wrote: &#8220;It’s getting worse. But the fire brigade has turned up. Hard to see how the tackle this. The plume of smoke is already 100s of feet long.&#8221;<br />
Another resident said: “We had an event nearby tonight but no one could concentrate. I had to come here to see,” she said. “Everyone s do calm and respectful.”</p>
<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-315665" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Notre-Dame-before-the-fire-2-300x199.png" alt="" width="719" height="477" /></strong><strong>The entire frame of the historic cathedral&#8217;s roof [before photo], reportedly was damaged in the blaze</strong></h6>
<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-315664" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Notre-Dame-after-the-fire-1-300x192.png" alt="" width="781" height="500" /> A view from inside the Notre Dame Cathedral shows flames in the roof as firefighters douse it from below with hoses </strong></h6>
<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-315669" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Notre-Dame-before-the-fire-3-300x199.png" alt="" width="648" height="430" />The stone-built roof of the structure partially caved in after the huge blaze [photo]</strong></h6>
<p>Locals broke out in a-singing prayer in multiple places nearby.<br />
One pulled up the words of a song dedicated to the Notre Dame, as tears rolled down his face.<br />
“My heart bleeds,” said Bertrand, a finance executive pulling up the words on his phone.<br />
“I was at home when I heard the news. Me I’m here praying with strangers.”<br />
There was a cheer as more fire engines arrived. Blue lights flashed from the side streets and river boats.<br />
The fire brigade can be seen in videos dousing the savage blaze with water.<br />
French leader Emmanuel Macron, who postponed a televised speech to the nation because of the massive fire, has attended the scene.</p>
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