A raging fire that tore through Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris was under control on Tuesday.
Thousands of Parisians and tourists watched in horror from nearby streets cordoned off by the police as flames engulfed the building and officials tried to save as much as they could of the cathedral's countless treasures, built up over centuries.
The inferno destroyed the roof of the 850-year-old UNESCO world heritage landmark, whose spectacular Gothic spire collapsed as orange flames and clouds of grey smoke billowed into the early evening sky. Seen from the Belleville Park, smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019.The steeple engulfed in flames collapses as the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral burns on April 15, 2019 in Paris.People kneel on the pavement as they pray outside watching flames engulf Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. A colossal fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019.
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