The gothic cathedral in Rouen, France, used to be evacuated on Thursday, police mentioned. July 11, 2024, 7:26 AM ET• 2 min readLONDON — A hearth broke out and used to be extinguished on Thursday at the spire of a cathedral in Rouen, France, the capital of the Normandy area, native emergency officers mentioned.Hearth officers mentioned the blaze have been put out, announcing it seemed from an preliminary investigation that it been the plastic cover that lined the spire that used to be on fireplace.Smoke billows from the spire of Rouen Cathedral in Rouen, northern France on July 11, 2024.Patrick Streiff/AFP by way of Getty ImagesThe gothic cathedral have been evacuated, and greater than 60 firefighters have been on the scene, police officers in Normandy mentioned.Black smoke and flames might be noticed in footage taken noon Thursday. The phase the place the cathedral’s spire gave the impression to be on fireplace have been wrapped in scaffolding.Hearth officers mentioned they’d take a look at at the balance of the scaffolding, in conjunction with imaginable water harm to the inner of the cathedral.ABC Information’ Joe Simonetti contributed to this document.
