Newsdeck: Major Blaze Devastates Notre-Dame Cathedral in Central Paris By Bloomberg
Live television footage on Monday showed flames leaping up the spire before it toppled onto the fire-engulfed roof, with smoke billowing out into the evening skyline of the French capital. The cathedral, which is located on one of two islands in the middle of the Seine River, had been under renovation and scaffolding covered much of the roof.
Thousands of onlookers were being kept at a distance by police as ashes fell onto streets surrounding the monument. The cathedral is a major tourist destination, with the number of visitors swelling to as many as 50,000 people a day, especially during periods like now — the holy week in the Christian calendar that leads up to Easter.
Macron was also headed to the site after postponing a much-anticipated speech on planned policy measures following a series of violent protests by the Yellow Vest movement that rocked the capital. “Deep emotion in the face of this dramatic fire at the cathedral,” Unesco said on Twitter, noting the monument was made a world heritage site in 1991.Construction got underway in the 12th century, though the current structures are mostly the result of renovations carried out in the 19th century following damage during the French Revolution.
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