Officials warned they still did not know the extent of the catastrophe.
By James McAuley , James McAuley Foreign correspondent focusing on French and European politics and culture Email Bio Follow Michael Birnbaum , Michael Birnbaum Brussels bureau chief covering Europe Email Bio Follow Griff Witte and Griff Witte Europe-focused correspondent with extensive experience in the Middle East and South Asia Email Bio Follow Reis Thebault Reis Thebault National and breaking news reporter Email Bio Follow April 16 at 2:25 AM PARIS — France rose Tuesday to confront the...
Engineers, architects and firefighters planned to assess the structural damage first thing Tuesday, to decide whether the soaring chapel was safe enough to enter to continue fighting the flames inside, officials said. They warned they still did not know the extent of the catastrophe.“It is controlled but not totally extinguished,” French junior Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told BFMTV. “What is necessary now is to examine the structure to determine whether the building is stable.
In an address to the nation just before midnight, President Emmanuel Macron said the worst had been avoided, that the exterior structure had been preserved and that the cathedral would rise again.“Notre Dame of Paris is our history,” Macron continued, emphasizing the structure’s unique place in the national imagination. “The epicenter of our lives. It’s the many books, the paintings, those that belong to all French men and French women, even those who’ve never come.
At one point Monday night, fire officials said the blaze might continue to rage uncontrollably and that the entire structure could collapse. The heat of the fire could be felt from across the Seine as firefighters frantically pumped water from cranes and sought to save the priceless works stored and displayed within.
Throughout French cultural history, Notre Dame has served as a powerful symbol of Paris and of France’s cultural heritage. The writer Anatole France once described it as “heavy as a hippopotamus” but “light as a butterfly.” The painter Marc Chagall depicted it in his canvasses, distorted in dreamlike haze.
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