JUST IN: The Notre Dame fire has been extinguished after more than nine hours of fighting, according to the Paris Fire Brigade
The Paris Fire Brigade has tweeted that the stone construction of the cathedral has been"saved," as have the"main works of art" from the building.
"After more than 9 hours of fierce fighting, nearly 400 firefighters from Paris extinguished the appalling fire. 2 policemen and a firefighter were slightly injured," a followup tweet read.A Twitter user who is in Paris for her honeymoon captured a group of Parisians singing hymns as they walked along a street on the banks of the Seine, close to Notre Dame Cathedral, even as operations to bring the fire under control continued.
Firefighters continue to work to extinguish the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral. The fire is under control but there are "still outbreaks," a Ministry of the Interior spokesman said Tuesday morning.Laurent Nunez, French Secretary of State to the Ministry of Interior told reporters Tuesday morning that the fire which devastated Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral Monday was"under control" but has not been completely extinguished.
He said that there was a meeting of experts from the French architectural review board"to try and determine if the structure is stable and if the firemen can venture inside and continue their mission."The Paris Prosecutor’s office tells CNN that investigators have started to hear testimonies from construction workers working on the site.
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