Notre-Dame burns
Paris' famed Notre-Dame Cathedral engulfed in smoke and flames yesterday evening. The deputy mayor says workers are scrambling to save the artworks in the building. – AFP pic, April 16, 2019.
A COLOSSAL fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris yesterday, causing a spire to collapse and raising fears over the future of the nearly 1,000-year-old building and its precious artworks. The fire, which began in the early evening, sent flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky as stunned Parisians and tourists watched on in sheer horror.
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