A view shows the spire of the gothic cathedral of the French city of Rouen in Normandy caught fire during renovation works, in Rouen, France, July 11, 2024. REUTERS/Jeremy Collado
ROUEN, France (Reuters) -Firefighters extinguished a blaze at Rouen's historic cathedral in northern France on Thursday to the relief of locals who had feared a repeat of the catastrophic Notre-Dame fire in Paris when they saw dark smoke rising from its spire.
People had watched in horror as 40 fire trucks rushed to the site and emergency workers set up a cordon around the cathedral, a jewel of French medieval Gothic architecture made famous by the paintings of impressionist Claude Monet in the 19th century.
