'My thoughts and prayers are with those who worship at the Cathedral and all of France at this difficult time': Queen Elizabeth says she has been 'deeply saddened' to see images of Notre Dame cathedral fire.
, a group called Friends of Notre Dame told ABC News. Authorities in Paris had been concerned about raising the funds. Total repair costs following the devastating fire aren't yet known.Firefighters tackle the blaze as flames rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, April 15, 2019.told ABC News it may take five to seven years for the cathedral just to recover from the blaze.
"The original building took over 100 years to actually come together, piece by piece," Krupali Krusche said in an interview. "It will be done. But a recent project in Europe of that scale has taken up to 10 years to produce." Although largely famous for its ornate exterior stonework, most of the cathedral's interior was wood, which fed the flames like a "cooker," she added. But even masonry that survived the fire may be terribly damaged.
The steeple of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral collapses as the cathedral is engulfed in flames in Paris, April 15, 2019. "Once a fire starts in the center or the heart of the building, it's pretty easy to, you know, completely take away the core of the building," Krusche explained. "And this situation was that of a cooker, basically, where you're getting the fire in the heart of the plate, and it starts growing and growing. The flames went very high yesterday ... and engulfed the whole heart of the of the church.""They are fighting with courage and determination.
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