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The alarm was set off at noon (1000 GMT), according to the local fire department SDIS76, and 33 vehicles and 63 firefighters were dispatched to the scene read more
 "Medieval cathedral catches fire during restoration work")
It was not immediately clear whether the wood frame of the spire was ablaze Image Courtesy AFP
The mayor of the northern French city of Rouen shared a photo of a column of smoke coming from the Gothic monument, indicating that a fire broke out in the cathedral’s spire on Thursday.
Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol wrote on X that the fire’s “origin is unknown at this point” and that “all public resources are mobilized” to combat it.
The alarm was set off at noon (1000 GMT), according to the local fire department SDIS76, and 33 vehicles and 63 firefighters were dispatched to the scene.
It was not immediately clear whether the wood frame of the spire was ablaze.
Fire in the wooden frame of the roof was behind the massive 2019 damage to the world-famous Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, where repairs are only now nearing completion.
The Our Lady of the Assumption cathedral has been evacuated and a security perimeter set up, the prefecture said.
People should “stay away to give space for emergency responders to work,” it added.
Construction began on Rouen’s cathedral in the 12th Century, according to its website, with work lasting several centuries until it achieved its present form.
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