French President promises reconstruction of Notre-Dame after fire

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild the cathedral after a huge fire swept through the roof of the famed Notre-Dame.

Bystanders look on as flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral.

Bystanders look on as flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral. Source: AP

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Notre Dame in flames.
Notre Dame in flames. Source: SBS News


Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke is filling the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash is falling on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris.
A firefighter tackles the blaze as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Source: AP Photo/Michel Euler


The steeple engulfed in flames collapses as the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral burns.
The steeple engulfed in flames collapses as the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral burns. Source: Getty Images



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