The spire of the cathedral in Rouen is on fire (Image: GETTY VIA AFP) The spire of a famous French cathedral is on fire, five years after Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was devastated by a massive blaze . Pictures circulating on social media show flames and thick black smoke spewing from a scaffolding canopy near the top of the gothic building. The Notre-Dame de Rouen Cathedral, a Catholic church in the northeastern Normandy region of France , is considered one of the country's finest also for being home to a series of paintings by impressionist artist Claude Monet dating back to the 19th century.
Confirming a blaze had taken hold of the cathedral's spire, Rouen Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol wrote on X: "A fire has started on the spire of Rouen Cathedral." function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.
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