. . . "The fire broke out during Holy Week for the world's Roman Catholics. At least four masses a day take place at the cathedral. So far there have been no reports of injuries.
"According to France 24, the cathedral closed at 6:45 p.m. local time, and the fire broke five or six minutes after.
"Police in Paris asked people to avoid the area so emergency vehicles could pass. Shelters have been set up for residents who live near the cathedral.
"NPR's Eleanor Beardsley was at the scene, standing with Parisians who watched, stunned.
" 'There's kind of a silence here," Beardsley said. "People are not screaming, they're just watching it burn and people are in a state of shock. Outside in the periphery, it's pandemonium in the city. They've stopped the trains from going by here, they're stopping traffic, police everywhere. But in a tighter circle around the cathedral we're just watching it burn.' " . . .
Newsweek: Catholic churches are being desecrated across France - and officials don't know why . . . " 'I think there is a rising hostility in France against the church and its symbols," but "it seems to be more against Christianity and the symbols of Christianity." . . .Close to my lifetime was the burning of Jewish synagogues in Nazi-occupied lands, TD
Some around the world do not share this sense of loss: ‘ALLAH EST GRAND’: Muslims laugh as blaze destroys Notre Dame cathedral during Holy Week
Below: "Here is "The forest", the exceptional frame of # NotreDameDeParis which dates in part from 1220." Damien Rieu
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