Massive Fire Ravages Medieval Paris Cathedral Notre-Dame

Notre Dame Fire

The 850-year-old medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, one of France’s most famous landmarks, was damaged in a massive fire.

The fire began at around 18:30 and quickly reached the roof of the cathedral, destroying its stained-glass windows and the wooden interior before toppling the spire.

The fire was fully fully extinguished some 15 hours after it began, ravaged the 850-year-old building’s roof and caused its spire to collapse.

The cause of the fire is not yet clear.

This is the seventh church in a month that has been caught in fire.

As previously reported, a young black metal musician, Holden Matthews, has been arrested in connection with a string of church burnings, while 18-year-old Jillian Nicole Robinson set fire to two church buildings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Orem, Utah. She also wrote “Satan Lives” on the door jam in permanent marker.

And recently, it was reported, that Jacob Lowenstein, the 28-year-old drummer for the New Zealand black metal band IGNI, has been charged with setting two Mormon churches on fire.