Rouen Cathedral fire brought under control in Normandy

This article was first published by The Guardian.

Firefighters in the Normandy city of Rouen have managed to extinguish a fire in its world-famous gothic cathedral, calming fears of another disaster at one of France’s architectural jewels five years after the devastation of Notre Dame. Local fire services said no major damage was reported.

Workers at the site first attempted to put out the fire and then alerted the departmental fire service, who raised the alarm around midday local time. Some 40 vehicles and 70 firefighters responded to the scene.

The fire was quickly brought “under control”, said local fire chief Stephane Gouezec, and was declared extinguished at about 5pm local time.

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