A fire broke out Thursday in the spire of the medieval cathedral in the northern French city of Rouen but authorities said it was under control about 90 minutes later.
Witnesses speaking on BFM television described smoke emanating from the spire, and recalled a devastating fire in 2019 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris that toppled its spire and collapsed its roof.The magnificent Gothic cathedral in Rouen in Normandy is widely known from a series of paintings by impressionist Claude Monet.
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