PARIS, France.- The fire affecting the gothic cathedral spire in the city of Rouen, Normandy, is under control and there are no casualties, local authorities announced.
“The fire is under control,” the prefecture said. department of Seine Maritimein a message on social media in which he added that firefighters are carrying out “active surveillance of the building.”
In addition, “specialized teams” have been used to analyze heritage and works of art to determine whether the fire or the water used to extinguish it might have caused damage, the prefect or delegate of the central government of the department, indicated in statements to the press, Jean Benoit Albertini.
The fire started for unknown reasons around noon on a platform where restoration work was being carried outwhich is surrounded by white awnings, at a height of regarding 120 metres.
He thick black smoke evoked, with different proportions, the serious fire that the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris April 2019.
The Archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrunsaid the fire began in an area where workers decontaminate themselves following finishing their tasks, local media reported.
Lebrun added that there were no casualties, although some workers had inhaled smoke.
The fire appeared to affect the construction platform, but not directly the spire, which is made of cast iron.
Several fire brigades arrived quickly, with around 70 people working to extinguish the blaze, and the square in front of the cathedral has been closed to the public.
“A fire has started in the spire of Rouen Cathedral. The origin is unknown at the moment. All public resources have been mobilised,” the mayor of the city had announced in X. Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, when the alarm starts.
Rouen Cathedral is a Gothic building that was built in successive phases between the 13th and 15th centuries.
The spire that suffered the fire is 151 metres high and dates back to the 19th century, when it was rebuilt in cast iron following the original wooden spire was destroyed in a fire caused by lightning.
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2024-07-20 19:35:58
