A fire is raging on the tower(s) of the Cathedral Notre Dame in Paris.
フランスのパリで１５日午後７時ごろ、ノートルダム大聖堂が火事になりました
The 15th of April at around 7pm local France time, the Notre Dame cathedral caught on fire.
Part of the interior area of the building is badly burnt, and both the 90m tall tower and over half of the roof has collapsed.
The fire was subdued after around 10 hours had passed.
火事になったとき大聖堂は閉まっていたため、観光に来た人は中にいなかったようです
Notre Dame was closed at the time of the fire, so it seems that no sightseers/tourists was inside.
大聖堂では、去年４月から建物を直す工事をしていました
The cathedral has been under restoration work since april last year.
The fire fighters believe that the flames erupted from the attic, however, the cause of the fire is still unknown.
近くの店にいた女性は「歴史がある建物なので、私たちはショックを受けています」と話していました
A woman present in a nearby store said that “It’s a building with a lot of history, so I’m shocked”.
ノートルダム大聖堂には、１年に１２００万人が世界中から観光に来ます
Notre Dame yearly attracts about 120,000 people from around the world, wishing to see it.
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