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Fire in the legendary Cathedral of Notre Dame: the building is almost completely destroyed. PHOTO, VIDEO

Notre Dame Cathedral engulfed in fire, emergency services trying to cope with a fire. The cathedral was being reconstructed, but he continued to receive tourists.

Ignition in the cathedral was confirmed by the fire department of Paris, reports AFP. A video posted on social networks shows a column of smoke and fire above the cathedral, writes RBC.

The first deputy mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Gregoire, told Twitter that there was a “large fire” in the cathedral, called for the evacuation of the area near the historical monument and asked passers-by not to approach the building.

The Paris police also called on citizens to avoid visiting the site of the fire, so as not to impede the work of emergency services and the passage of ambulances.

The cathedral was recently under restoration, scaffolding was installed near the walls of the building. As Le Parisien wrote, in April, builders did work on the roof of a building, trying to restore the historical appearance of the spire.

Correspondent RIA News reported that the spire of the burning cathedral of Notre Dame collapsed. The bearing structure of the cathedral is engulfed in flames.

Movement on the island of Cite blocked, gathered in the distance, hundreds of people are watching what is happening. All new and new cars of emergency services come to the place.

According to AFP, a fire could potentially be associated with construction work.

The correspondent of RBC was unable to reach the French embassy in Moscow.

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“We communicate online with tour operators. For now, no information from them about the affected Russians has been received, at least from organized tourist groups. It is possible that someone might have suffered, who himself wandered there, but there are no victims among the groups organized by tour operators, ”said Alexander Osaulenko, director of the Turpomosch association.

Construction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) began in 1163 and ended in the XIV century. It is the cathedral of the archdiocese of Paris and one of the main attractions of the capital of France. The cathedral held the coronation of French monarchs, including Napoleon Bonaparte. Every year, the cathedral is visited by up to 13 million tourists.

The roof of Notre Dame Cathedral collapsed completely after the building’s spire, reports RBC with reference to Reuters and eyewitnesses. Firefighters can not cope with the fire.

The representative of the cathedral Andre Fino earlier reported that part of the building was lost forever.

“Everything is on fire. The bearing structure, one part of which dates from the 19th century and the other to the 13th century, no longer remains, ”he told Le Monde, quoting RBC.

In case of fire, the roof of the building and the spire installed in the 19th century collapsed completely. It was built of wood and lead plates. The journalist of the Liberation edition, Jerome Löfiyatr, said that the columns in the nave had also collapsed in the cathedral. Le Parisien reports that the fire had spread to the left tower of the facade.

The work of firefighters is complicated by the fact that fire engulfs a part of the building that is at high altitude. Because of this, water from hoses cannot reach fire.

According to the preliminary version, which was voiced by representatives of emergency services, the fire could be associated with the work on the restoration of the building. The height of the scaffolding reached 100 m. Le Monde, citing firefighters, reports that the fire started on the roof of the cathedral, where there was a large number of wooden structures.

According to the vice-mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Gregoire, several hundred firefighters are working at the scene. “It is urgent to stop the fire and save the building, but access to the fire site is limited,” he said. Gregoire ruled out the possibility of using the discharge of water in the fire from the aircraft.

Gregoire acknowledged that the fire caused "enormous damage to the building." According to him, the local authorities have formed a special mission, which will be engaged in attempts to preserve works of art inside the cathedral. Emergency services gave priority to protecting tourists and city residents from the risk of building collapse, he added.

"According to my feelings, there is hardly anything left of the cathedral," said Andrei Voitovich, an eyewitness to the fire, told RBC.

UNESCO on official Twitter reported that the organization intends to work with the French authorities to restore the cathedral. Notre Dame de Paris has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1991.

The fire in Notre Dame Cathedral began around 18: 50 local time (19: 50 Moscow time or 12: 50 New York time). According to eyewitnesses, after this life in Paris "stopped".

“The fire has not yet been extinguished, the territory is cordoned off, there are many ambulances around, life in the city has been stopped. According to my feelings, there is hardly anything left of the cathedral, ”said RBC fire witness Andrei Voitovich.

“All entrances to Sita are blocked. A crowd of people - about two hundred people are watching all this from the other side. At least six emergency vehicles [in sight], ”said an eyewitness Yulia Pryanikova, who is located in 300 m from the cathedral.

The fire started around six in the evening and quickly spread throughout the building, told RBC an eyewitness, Paris photographer Mendel Delaby. Firemen have recently begun work, he adds. Fire is not extinguished from the air, he noted. Helicopters fly in the air above the building, but they are only shooting.

“I am devastated. It’s like I lost someone I knew, ”he says.

“The whole nearby territory is cordoned off, several thousand people gathered on the square, people are crying, someone is shooting, someone has come with national flags. The representative of the cathedral Andre Feno made a statement to the media that the whole cathedral was burning and that he was unlikely to survive, I heard from local journalists. The smoke from the cathedral is still going on, now there is one helicopter in the air, ”Zara Murtazaliyeva, an eyewitness to the fire, told RBC.

On the TV channel France24, eyewitnesses report that to 20: 40 (21: 40 in Moscow or in 14: 40 in New York) the strength of the fire was significantly reduced, the smoke column disappeared.

There was a video from inside the cathedral, filmed after the fire, where you can see the consequences of a fire disaster:

The record shows that debris is smoking inside the building, presumably the roof of the cathedral.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

  • In June, 2017, at the police officers on duty near the cathedral, attacked by a lone terroristarmed with a hammer and knives. One policeman was injured, the attacker himself was injured by return fire. Because of the attacks in the cathedral, about 900 tourists were blocked.

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