A fire broke out in the spire of the medieval cathedral in France’s Rouen city on Thursday. The cathedral in Rouen in Normandy is widely known for a series of paintings by impressionist Claude Monet.
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❗️🔥🇫🇷 - #BREAKING: Rouen: Spire of famous French cathedral on fire.
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The spire of France's famous Rouen cathedral is on fire, according to the city's mayor.
The cathedral is widely known as it was painted multiple times by French impressionist painter Claude Monet in the 19th… pic.twitter.com/Z1ka4Sy2DjWitnesses speaking on BFM television described smoke emanating from the spire and recalled a devastating fire in 2019 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris that toppled its spire and collapsed its roof.
Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol posted on the social media platform X that "the beginning of a fire is underway on the spire of the cathedral of Rouen. The origin is unknown at this stage. All public resources are mobilized."
The regional administration posted online that the cathedral was evacuated and a security perimeter was in place.
The cathedral in Paris, a major landmark, is scheduled to reopen in December after an unprecedented reconstruction effort. The cause of that fire was deemed an accident.
