The fate of Notre Dame decided in a matter of minutes, told the Deputy Minister of internal Affairs of France, Laurent Nunez, whose speech was broadcasted by the television channel BFMTV.

"Everything was decided for fifteen minutes at the most half an hour ", he said.

Official highly assessed the work of several hundred of the rescuers who risked their lives to save the building.

Nц?ц?ez said that risks remain.

Before to start works on elimination of consequences of a fire, Experts will monitor the condition of the building for two more days.

Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire last night. For a couple of hours collapsed 96-meter spire, part of the roof and watch.

The fire was fought about 400 firefighters. They managed to save the facade, frame, tower and most of the interior of the Cathedral.

Works of art, altar, cross, organ and only one of the main Christian relics - the crown of thorns of Christ is also not damaged.

The restoration works have the opportunity to take up to ten years or more.

As reported by French media reports, the fire has the opportunity to be associated With the restoration works of the building were closed scaffolding. The Prosecutor's office began proceedings in relation to unintentional damage.

the head of France Emmanuel macron called the incident a terrible drama, expressed gratitude to firefighters for the work, and also assured that Notre Dame recovered.



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