Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on fire
City’s fire services say major operation underway as it tackles blaze in French capital
Firefighters have rushed to try to contain a fire that has broken out at Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral, which police said began accidentally and was linked to building work at the site.
Smoke could be seen billowing from the top of the medieval cathedral, considered one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in France and one of Paris’s most-visited monuments.